From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx2.redhat.com (mx2.redhat.com [10.255.15.25]) by int-mx2.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l0BCn59Y013748 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 07:49:05 -0500 Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.230]) by mx2.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l0BCn4nE016907 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 07:49:04 -0500 Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 37so312499wra for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:49:04 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:49:02 +0200 From: "Yalusa Jongihlati" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_23357_31132729.1168519742988" Subject: [linux-lvm] A question about deleting partitions - LVM related 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_23357_31132729.1168519742988 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline I have a drive partitioned like this Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 30401 244196001 5 Extended /dev/sda5 * 1 2611 20972794+ 83 Linux /dev/sda6 2612 5222 20972826 83 Linux /dev/sda7 5223 7180 15727603+ 83 Linux /dev/sda8 7181 9138 15727603+ 83 Linux /dev/sda9 9139 11096 15727603+ 83 Linux /dev/sda10 11097 13054 15727603+ 83 Linux /dev/sda11 13055 16971 31463271 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda12 16972 22192 41937651 8e Linux LVM /dev/sda13 22193 26108 31455238+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/sda14 26109 30401 34483491 8e Linux LVM I was quite ambitious at the time about how many distros I would load. I now want to basically kill partitions sda6 to sda11 and repartition that space differently. Instead of the 6 partitions I will have fewer. My concern is that this will change the partition numbers of the partitions currently 12, 13 and 14. As can be seen these currently form part of LVM partitions. If the partition numbers change eg sda12 to sda10, my concern is whether LVM will adjust accordingly? Or is there a command I will have to run once I have re-partitioned? The LVM partitions are all reiserfs. ------=_Part_23357_31132729.1168519742988 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline I have a drive partitioned like this


   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1       30401   244196001    5  Extended
/dev/sda5   *           1        2611    20972794+  83  Linux
/dev/sda6            2612        5222    20972826   83  Linux
/dev/sda7            5223        7180    15727603+  83  Linux
/dev/sda8            7181        9138    15727603+  83  Linux
/dev/sda9            9139       11096    15727603+  83  Linux
/dev/sda10          11097       13054    15727603+  83  Linux
/dev/sda11          13055       16971    31463271    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda12          16972       22192    41937651   8e  Linux LVM
/dev/sda13          22193       26108    31455238+  8e  Linux LVM
/dev/sda14          26109       30401    34483491   8e  Linux LVM


I was quite ambitious at the time about how many distros I would load. I now want to basically kill partitions sda6 to sda11 and repartition that space differently. Instead of the 6 partitions I will have fewer.

My concern is that this will change the partition numbers of the partitions currently 12, 13 and 14. As can be seen these currently form part of LVM partitions. If the partition numbers change eg sda12 to sda10, my concern is whether LVM will adjust accordingly? Or is there a command I will have to run once I have re-partitioned? The LVM partitions are all reiserfs. ------=_Part_23357_31132729.1168519742988--