Yup, that's what i did, didn't update because i was heads deep in this :D Currently finishing pvmove (forgot to move the swap though i will erase it soon) in order to get pvreduce to work. Should be working fine at reboot hopefully.
2016-03-30 11:17 GMT+02:00 Chris Murphy <li...@colorremedies.com>: > > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2016, 2:44 AM thibaut noah <thibaut.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> 2016-03-28 9:30 GMT+02:00 Chris Murphy <li...@colorremedies.com>: >> >>> I suggest substituting e2fsresize and lvresize with fsadm. It combines >>> the steps, and also does an fsck first. It takes the form: >>> # fsadm -v -l -y resize /dev/VG/testext4 25g >>> >>> That's really the only step you need the live boot for, the pvmove step >>> can be done while the file system being moved is in use, and also vgreduce. >>> >>> Also, pvmove can be slow, so you might want to use -i option with a >>> value of say 30, to get an update every 30 seconds. Compare pvs 'PFree' for >>> the SSD and lvs 'LSize' for home to make sure there's enough room on the >>> SSD to move the LV over, otherwise pvmove won't work (or at least it won't >>> completely move everything over). So you'll want to get the resize step >>> correct. >> >> >> Used fsadm command before vgmerge, worked great. >> Succeeded at creating new pv on my ssd to merge it with the root vg thus >> allowing me to use the full size of the ssd. >> The problem i got is when trying to merge root with Home, i have to make >> lv inactive, working on /dev/Home/home with lvchange -an but not working on >> /dev/Home/swap. >> Tells me the logical volume is in use. >> How can the logical volume be in use when i booted on a live usb key? >> Is it possible to force it or find another way? >> > > > Use swapoff on that LV. I think the way swap works is it "asks" layers for > the actual LBAs being used, then uses them directly, so really swap can't > be live moved. > > > Chris Murphy > >> > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > >
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