Bob Goodwin wrote:
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
The reason it shows as being in use is because you have an active logical group on it. You have to deactivate VolGroup01/LogVol02 before you can do anything else with /dev/sdb1. You can use Logical Volume Management to do this as well.
Mikkel
Ok that problem is fixed. I used the gnome live cd but run xfce, so it's system-config-lvm for me.
I am glad you found it. The GUI is usually easier for a new user to manage. You can also do it from the command line. But I worry about making a typo when I giving the command to someone else. I would hate to leave them with an unbootable system. (If I break my system, I know I can fix it...)
It's rewritten the file system so I should be able to start again from scratch. This may take some time since I'm learning by doing ...
I hope that does not mean doing a reinstall - you should not need to do that. I think that learning by doing is the best way to learn.
Thanks for the help.
I am glad to do my small part in helping you learn!
Mikkel