From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l98DTeTN031255 for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2007 09:29:40 -0400 Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.239]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l98DTALk023349 for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2007 09:29:34 -0400 Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id t16so1145352wxc for ; Mon, 08 Oct 2007 06:29:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <95fec8860710080629h773abe69i9f5f367f80e2488f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 10:29:34 -0300 From: "Guillermo Marraco" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_863_25889352.1191850174661" Subject: [linux-lvm] Problem resizing partition Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: To: linux-lvm@redhat.com ------=_Part_863_25889352.1191850174661 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hello. I have recently installed a CentOS 5 Linux distribution. Is a free version of Red Hat Enterprise. I are a Linux Newbie. The Linux installer DVD does not liked the 20 Gb ext3 partition I have created (It was saying than now enough space was available), so I tell him to automatically configure the partitions and filesystem. The Installer formatted and created a 32 Mb "boot" partition, and a 20 Gb "unknown" partition (as is found By gparted software). I need to reduce this "unknown" partition by 8 Mb, (to avoid writing the last 8 Mb, since is probably that the PC vendor, has utilized this space to hide information, that windows use to recognizing that is "genuine", (don't bash me about windows, I have not purchased that machine, I are utilizing that machine to experiment and learn Linux, because I want latter to operate a cluster with that OS, and I can't do experiments on the cluster, like learning to resizing partitions) I have not idea what file system is, and what tools allow to resize that partition. I Have installed gparted (#yum install gparted), since I was told that is the "Partition Magic" of Linux. but It looks like this file system is rare, because is for cluster designed. Looking on Internet, I have found that probably this system utilizes clvm (no idea), so I have found this mail list, and write for help. can you help me? PD:Please, excuse my bad grammar, I never studied English. ------=_Part_863_25889352.1191850174661 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hello. I have recently installed a CentOS 5 Linux distribution. Is a free version of Red Hat Enterprise.

I are a Linux Newbie.

The Linux installer DVD does not liked the 20 Gb ext3 partition I have created (It was saying than now enough space was available), so I tell him to automatically configure the partitions and filesystem.

The Installer formatted and created a 32 Mb "boot" partition, and a 20 Gb "unknown" partition (as is found By gparted software).

I need to reduce this "unknown" partition by 8 Mb, (to avoid writing the last 8 Mb, since is probably that the PC vendor, has utilized this space to hide information, that windows use to recognizing that is "genuine", (don't bash me about windows, I have not purchased that machine, I are utilizing that machine to experiment and learn Linux, because I want latter to operate a cluster with that OS, and I can't do experiments on the cluster, like learning to resizing partitions)

I have not idea what file system is, and what tools allow to resize that partition. I Have installed gparted (#yum install gparted), since I was told that is the "Partition Magic" of Linux.
but It looks like this file system is rare, because is for cluster designed.

Looking on Internet, I have found that probably this system utilizes clvm (no idea), so I have found this mail list, and write for help.

can you help me?

PD:Please, excuse my bad grammar, I never studied English.
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