----------------------------------------
> Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 15:23:33 -0600
> Subject: Re: Reducing the size of a volume group
> From: hobbes1...@gmail.com
> To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org
>
> On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Chuck Bruno wrote:
> >
> > I have a system with 1 hard drive which I am dual booting with Windows NT
> > and Fedora 14. I would like to shrink the Fedora 14 LVM partition to make
> > more room for the Windows NT partition. I have reduced the root logical
> > volume to free up 20G in the volume group and would like to shrink the
> > volume group by that amount. Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> I assume your NT partition is the first partition? If so that means
> you need to shrink for Fedora partition from the front which is much
> more difficult. To add another wrinkle, your /boot partition and
> possible your swap partition probably sit between your NT partition
> and the LVM partition.
>
> If that's the case I would backup whatever personal/important data
> from the F14 install and remove all the linux partitions. Then you can
> use something like a gparted live CD to resize your NT partition (back
> up data from it too first just in case!) and then reinstall F14.
>
You are correct in all of the assumptions you made. I suspected that this
might be the case but was hoping for an easier solution. Thanks for the reply.
Chuck
> --
> users mailing list
> users@lists.fedoraproject.org
> To unsubscribe or change subscription options:
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users
> Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
--
users mailing list
users@lists.fedoraproject.org
To unsubscribe or change subscription options:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
