From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: FEJF Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] shrink issue Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 23:03:42 +0200 References: <20011017145327.L7859@turbolinux.com> In-Reply-To: <20011017145327.L7859@turbolinux.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: Sender: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Errors-To: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-lvm@sistina.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andreas Dilger, on Mittwoch, 17. Oktober 2001 22:53 wrote: > On Oct 17, 2001 21:24 +0200, FEJF wrote: > > is it possible to tell the lvmtools (when shrinking a lvm-volume with > > resizereiserfs and lvreduce) which hd should be used for free space and which > > should stay in the lvm ? > > No. When you reduce the size of an LV, the free space is made from the end > of the LV only. If you want to make a particular PV free, then you need to > use "pvmove" to free any PEs that are allocated on it. > > Cheers, Andreas hmm... does "the end" means the last harddrive when counting hda, hdb...etc ? f.e. if i have a hdb, hdc,hdd in the lvm and want the hdc free - does it help to change the hdc to hde an reduce the lvm then ? fejf - -- Backups are usefull. Most often when you don't have one ;) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7zfIz7Xtp66ctWuIRAvyuAJ9jZR5LG0pPex9JHc9mw+sxksyj0gCgibGY LRveTnqkyoCru+MMiv8TpvE= =lQq8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----