*I think it is not safe* On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 8:27 AM, John Summerfield < [email protected]> wrote:
> solarflow99 wrote: > >> hoe safe would you guys think it is to reduce a PV, and reduce the >> partition? I want to free up some space at the end of the drive, but the >> PV >> is taking up all the remaining space of the drive. >> > > Whatever everyone says, it's your problem and your responsibility if it > stuffs up. > > Nothing beats a backup and testing it out, preferably on a test system. > > That said, I would expect the program to be sensible about it and to not do > harm if it cannot do the operation safely. > > I would try taking a backup using dd, to copy the entire partition (or > drive) to a test location. > > > > -- > > Cheers > John > > -- spambait > [email protected] [email protected] > -- Advice > http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html<http://www.catb.org/%7Eesr/faqs/smart-questions.html> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 > > You cannot reply off-list:-) > > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > -- http://linuxinterviews.blogspot.com
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