1:22 p.m.
I would like to install F13 x64
I have seen the size difference in the partitions.
Question: Do I have to reformat my F12 installation or will upgrade
resize the boot partition?
I did not select a seperate Home partition when I installed F12. I
realize now I should have.
5:23 p.m.
On Sun, 30 May 2010, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Sun, 2010-05-30 at 08:19 -0500, Michael Hennebry wrote:
> On Sun, 30 May 2010, N James Bridge wrote:
>
>> Personally, I prefer to do a clean install, since it gets rid of
>> accumulated clutter. That assumes you have a convenient way of backing
>> up your /home directory.
>
> I back up regardless.
> If you have a /home partition and do a custom install,
> you can tell fedora not to mess with it.
> Changes in the formats of .files can cause problems though.
> Another way is to preserve a /user-data partition.
> /home can be in the / partition.
> When a user gets a spanking new home directory,
> he can add a soft link into /user-data.
If I understand what you're saying, this means that all the dot-files
holding the user's config info also get thrown away. Or did you mean
something different?
That is what I meant.
It's one reason I rarely upgrade much before EOL on what I already have.
<rant> (somewhat OT)
Changes in dot-files are a source of obscure problems, and it may be
that refreshing them all is the sensible way to go, but IMHO it's a
kludge. It should not be necessary to do this, and the fact that it
It's the obscurity that makes it really nasty.
I've only run into it once, but that was enough.
Instead of spitting out an error message where I would see it,
the app just blundered on.
It's mentioned in the list somewhere.
sometimes is means that app-writers aren't doing their job. If a
config
file changes format between versions, the app should be able to parse
the old file and convert it to the new format, or if it can't do so
because of some basic change in funcionality, then warn the user to do
it by hand. I'm frankly amazed that more people don't complain about
this. We seem to think that it's "natural" or "inevitable".
It's not. No
Windows or MacOS user would sit still for this, and I don't see Linux
users should have to put up with it.
</rant>
--
Michael hennebry(a)web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu
"Pessimist: The glass is half empty.
Optimist: The glass is half full.
Engineer: The glass is twice as big as it needs to be."
11:57 a.m.
On 05/30/2010 01:03 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
Supposedly /boot cannot be ext4 as it's not yet supported by Grub, so I
don't know how you got that to work.
Till Fedora 11, this was the case. Fedora 12 onwards can support Ext4
in a boot partition because GRUB has been patched to support it.
Rahul
10:18 a.m.
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 11:38:33 +0100,
N James Bridge <james(a)xmas.demon.co.uk> wrote:
nouveau does not support compiz, so no desktop effects, but you can live
without them. On the plus side, dvds play perfectly in totem (but you
You can try installing mesa-dri-drivers-experimental which will turn on
3d support in nouveau. This is experimental so it may cause more problems
than its worth.
5:39 p.m.
On Saturday 29 May 2010 12:33 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 12:06 -0700, Michael Miles wrote:
>
> Sda1 ext4 /boot is 200 meg and locked, Will not allow me to do anything
> except format
Supposedly /boot cannot be ext4 as it's not yet supported by Grub, so I
don't know how you got that to work.
That is not correct.
$ mount -l
/dev/sda2 on / type ext4 (rw) [Fedora-13-x86_64]
AFAIR I had the same in F11 too.
poc
--
Suvayu
Open source is the future. It sets us free.
7:37 p.m.
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Sunday 30 May 2010 03:53 PM, Tom H wrote:
> On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Suvayu Ali<fatkasuvayu+linux(a)gmail.com>
 wrote:
>> On Saturday 29 May 2010 12:33 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>>> On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 12:06 -0700, Michael Miles wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Sda1 ext4 /boot is 200 meg and locked, Will not allow me to do anything
>>>> except format
>>>
>>> Supposedly /boot cannot be ext4 as it's not yet supported by Grub, so I
>>> don't know how you got that to work.
>>
>> That is not correct.
>>
>> $ mount -l
>> /dev/sda2 on / type ext4 (rw) [Fedora-13-x86_64]
>>
>> AFAIR I had the same in F11 too.
>
> F12
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Alpha_release_notes#GRUB_with_Ext...
Ah, must have been confused then (I have been using F11 and F12
simultaneously on different machines :-p ). But as you can see for F13
its definitely supported.
I remember because I was corrected on this list about grub1 booting
from an ext4'd /boot because I had no idea that Fedora had patched
grub1 (plain vanilla grub1 cannot do this AFAIK).
6:55 p.m.
On Sunday 30 May 2010 03:53 PM, Tom H wrote:
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Suvayu
Ali<fatkasuvayu+linux(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Saturday 29 May 2010 12:33 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>> On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 12:06 -0700, Michael Miles wrote:
>>>
>>> Sda1 ext4 /boot is 200 meg and locked, Will not allow me to do anything
>>> except format
>>
>> Supposedly /boot cannot be ext4 as it's not yet supported by Grub, so I
>> don't know how you got that to work.
>
> That is not correct.
>
> $ mount -l
> /dev/sda2 on / type ext4 (rw) [Fedora-13-x86_64]
>
> AFAIR I had the same in F11 too.
F12
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Alpha_release_notes#GRUB_with_Ext...
Ah, must have been confused then (I have been using F11 and F12
simultaneously on different machines :-p ). But as you can see for F13
its definitely supported.
--
Suvayu
Open source is the future. It sets us free.
5:53 p.m.
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Saturday 29 May 2010 12:33 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 12:06 -0700, Michael Miles wrote:
>>
>> Sda1 ext4 /boot is 200 meg and locked, Will not allow me to do anything
>> except format
>
> Supposedly /boot cannot be ext4 as it's not yet supported by Grub, so I
> don't know how you got that to work.
That is not correct.
$ mount -l
/dev/sda2 on / type ext4 (rw) [Fedora-13-x86_64]
AFAIR I had the same in F11 too.
F12
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Alpha_release_notes#GRUB_with_Ext...
10:56 a.m.
On Sun, 2010-05-30 at 08:19 -0500, Michael Hennebry wrote:
On Sun, 30 May 2010, N James Bridge wrote:
> Personally, I prefer to do a clean install, since it gets rid of
> accumulated clutter. That assumes you have a convenient way of backing
> up your /home directory.
I back up regardless.
If you have a /home partition and do a custom install,
you can tell fedora not to mess with it.
Changes in the formats of .files can cause problems though.
Another way is to preserve a /user-data partition.
/home can be in the / partition.
When a user gets a spanking new home directory,
he can add a soft link into /user-data.
If I understand what you're saying, this means that all the dot-files
holding the user's config info also get thrown away. Or did you mean
something different?
<rant> (somewhat OT)
Changes in dot-files are a source of obscure problems, and it may be
that refreshing them all is the sensible way to go, but IMHO it's a
kludge. It should not be necessary to do this, and the fact that it
sometimes is means that app-writers aren't doing their job. If a config
file changes format between versions, the app should be able to parse
the old file and convert it to the new format, or if it can't do so
because of some basic change in funcionality, then warn the user to do
it by hand. I'm frankly amazed that more people don't complain about
this. We seem to think that it's "natural" or "inevitable".
It's not. No
Windows or MacOS user would sit still for this, and I don't see Linux
users should have to put up with it.
</rant>
poc
8:47 a.m.
On Sun, 2010-05-30 at 08:29 -0500, Michael Hennebry wrote:
On Sun, 30 May 2010, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Why can't they just admit that LVM is a bad idea?
> It belongs to a past age when disk-space was limited.
LVM is probably useful.
That said, I was innoculated against its virtues when
it was sprung on me as a surprise during an install.
Actually I disagree about LVM. It comes in very handy in disk
constrained situations like what you will typically find in enterprise
virtual infrastructure environments. When you are regularly re-sizing
virtual disks for various purposes, it's a lot faster and more
convenient than non-destructive partition re-sizers.
I do agree that it's pretty much non-useful in most newer desktops and
laptops where the disk size is going to be basically the same for the
life of the system. Too bad it isn't currently one of the high level
(aka simple) options when setting up the file systems during install.
Cheers,
Chris
--
=============================
"You see things as they are and ask, 'Why?'
I dream things as they never were and ask, 'Why not?'"
-- George Bernard Shaw
8:29 a.m.
On Sun, 30 May 2010, Timothy Murphy wrote:
Why can't they just admit that LVM is a bad idea?
It belongs to a past age when disk-space was limited.
LVM is probably useful.
That said, I was innoculated against its virtues when
it was sprung on me as a surprise during an install.
If one has *one* computer,
'tis rather hard to look things up during an install.
Has any one else replaced an nvidia card
with a VisionTek Radeon HD 3650 lately?
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--
Michael hennebry(a)web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu
"Pessimist: The glass is half empty.
Optimist: The glass is half full.
Engineer: The glass is twice as big as it needs to be."
8:19 a.m.
On Sun, 30 May 2010, N James Bridge wrote:
Personally, I prefer to do a clean install, since it gets rid of
accumulated clutter. That assumes you have a convenient way of backing
up your /home directory.
I back up regardless.
If you have a /home partition and do a custom install,
you can tell fedora not to mess with it.
Changes in the formats of .files can cause problems though.
Another way is to preserve a /user-data partition.
/home can be in the / partition.
When a user gets a spanking new home directory,
he can add a soft link into /user-data.
--
Michael hennebry(a)web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu
"Pessimist: The glass is half empty.
Optimist: The glass is half full.
Engineer: The glass is twice as big as it needs to be."
7:18 a.m.
On 30/05/10 13:12, Timothy Murphy wrote:
--snip--
Does the default installation destroy one's /home partition?
I learned a long time ago never to let Fedora touch my partitioning.
Why can't they just admit that LVM is a bad idea?
It belongs to a past age when disk-space was limited.
It doesn't have to, depending on what you choose during setup.
I have never backup up /home (just /.emails)
As all downloaded "stuff" is kept on a nas(raid1).
--
Regards,
Frank Murphy
UTF_8 Encoded
Friend of Fedora
5:38 a.m.
I have just done a clean install of F13 86_64 and it has worked more
smoothly than ever before. The default installation creates a 500 MB
boot partition (ext4), as well as root and home. It's worth reviewing
the sizes because it gives equal shares to these two and you may well
want more for /home.
nouveau does not support compiz, so no desktop effects, but you can live
without them. On the plus side, dvds play perfectly in totem (but you
still need to get the non-free codecs from rpmfusion and libdvdcss from
livna). At this stage I haven't bothered to install the nvidia drivers.
Personally, I prefer to do a clean install, since it gets rid of
accumulated clutter. That assumes you have a convenient way of backing
up your /home directory.
--
N James Bridge <james(a)xmas.demon.co.uk>
6:10 p.m.
On 05/29/2010 03:37 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 15:49 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote:
>> Supposedly /boot cannot be ext4 as it's not yet supported by Grub,
>>
> so I
>
>> don't know how you got that to work.
>>
>>
> It iis my impresssion that the abovve is no longer true.
>
It seems so. It can't be Btrfs but ext4 isn't explicitly forbidden.
OTOH, the OP is talking about his existing F12 /boot partition. which I
don't think could be ext4.
poc
What it has done, when I installed F12 I did not select separate home
partition so the install created /boot ext4 and a virtual disk (lvm2)
for the home partition.
I have two options 1.) boot gpart live iso and resize the boot and
upgrade to F13
or the most likely option Is to reformat and clean install F13 with
seperate /home partition.
Either way I still have to back up the /home virtual partition (300gig)
before I do anything
gparted I find out now will handle lvm filesystem so I will go for the
learning experience and try the resize of boot and make a /home
partition first (after backup)
If that runs into problems then I have no lose and just reformat entire
drive and install F13
I am not sure about the nvidia proprietary drivers if I am successful in
the /boot resize and upgrade.
Would I reinstate nouveau first before the upgrade attempt or can I
install F13 upgrade with the nvidia drivers intact?
Thanks for the responses
Michael
5:37 p.m.
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 15:49 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> Supposedly /boot cannot be ext4 as it's not yet supported by
Grub,
so I
> don't know how you got that to work.
>
It iis my impresssion that the abovve is no longer true.
It seems so. It can't be Btrfs but ext4 isn't explicitly forbidden.
OTOH, the OP is talking about his existing F12 /boot partition. which I
don't think could be ext4.
poc
2:38 p.m.
On 05/29/2010 12:33 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 12:06 -0700, Michael Miles wrote:
> On 05/29/2010 11:40 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 11:22 -0700, Michael Miles wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I would like to install F13 x64
>>>
>>> I have seen the size difference in the partitions.
>>> Question: Do I have to reformat my F12 installation or will upgrade
>>> resize the boot partition?
>>>
>>>
>> Is your current F12 installation 32-bit or 64-bit? If it's 32-bit, I
>> think you'll need to do a complete install, not an upgrade. In that case
>> you can change the partitioning. For an upgrade, you can't. Of course
>> you can always change it beforehand using gparted if you're worried
>> about size.
>>
>>
>>
>>> I did not select a seperate Home partition when I installed F12. I
>>> realize now I should have.
>>>
>>>
>> Definitely. Best back up /home and create a new partition once and for
>> all. While you're at it, make sure /boot is at least 500MB in case you
>> want to use preupgrade in the future.
>>
>> poc
>>
>>
>>
> Ok I am confused.
>
> Sda1 ext4 /boot is 200 meg and locked, Will not allow me to do anything
> except format
>
Supposedly /boot cannot be ext4 as it's not yet supported by Grub, so I
don't know how you got that to work.
> Sda2 lvm2 not mounted and 931 gig. but is there and active and showing a
> warning
> The warning is Logical Volume management not yet supported.
>
http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/manual/html_chapter/parted_7.html#SEC68 I don't
recall having done this (I'm not a big fan of LVM for home use) but apparently the
idea is to change LVM's notional size of the filesystem and then resize the partition
with gparted. Simply moving the partition around shouldn't be a problem. You might
want to post this specific question as separate topic and get other opinions before doing
it.
>
> It is also showing all I can do is reformat.
>
> Do I change the file system resulting in a lost disk?
>
No, you run gparted from a rescue disk, i.e. reboot with the original
installation disk in the drive and choose rescue mode. You can then run
gparted. If for some reason gparted isn't there, you can download an iso
image of a standalone linux system that basically just runs gparted. See
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
poc
Ok, Thank you very much for your time.
/Boot is ext4 I am not sure why either
Michael
2:33 p.m.
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 12:06 -0700, Michael Miles wrote:
On 05/29/2010 11:40 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 11:22 -0700, Michael Miles wrote:
>
>> I would like to install F13 x64
>>
>> I have seen the size difference in the partitions.
>> Question: Do I have to reformat my F12 installation or will upgrade
>> resize the boot partition?
>>
> Is your current F12 installation 32-bit or 64-bit? If it's 32-bit, I
> think you'll need to do a complete install, not an upgrade. In that case
> you can change the partitioning. For an upgrade, you can't. Of course
> you can always change it beforehand using gparted if you're worried
> about size.
>
>
>> I did not select a seperate Home partition when I installed F12. I
>> realize now I should have.
>>
> Definitely. Best back up /home and create a new partition once and for
> all. While you're at it, make sure /boot is at least 500MB in case you
> want to use preupgrade in the future.
>
> poc
>
>
Ok I am confused.
Sda1 ext4 /boot is 200 meg and locked, Will not allow me to do anything
except format
Supposedly /boot cannot be ext4 as it's not yet supported by Grub, so I
don't know how you got that to work.
Sda2 lvm2 not mounted and 931 gig. but is there and active and
showing a
warning
The warning is Logical Volume management not yet supported.
http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/manual/html_chapter/parted_7.html#SEC68 I don't
recall having done this (I'm not a big fan of LVM for home use) but apparently the
idea is to change LVM's notional size of the filesystem and then resize the partition
with gparted. Simply moving the partition around shouldn't be a problem. You might
want to post this specific question as separate topic and get other opinions before doing
it.
It is also showing all I can do is reformat.
Do I change the file system resulting in a lost disk?
No, you run gparted from a rescue disk, i.e. reboot with the original
installation disk in the drive and choose rescue mode. You can then run
gparted. If for some reason gparted isn't there, you can download an iso
image of a standalone linux system that basically just runs gparted. See
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
poc
2:14 p.m.
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 11:44 -0700, Michael Miles wrote:
On 05/29/2010 11:40 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 11:22 -0700, Michael Miles wrote:
>
>> I would like to install F13 x64
>>
>> I have seen the size difference in the partitions.
>> Question: Do I have to reformat my F12 installation or will upgrade
>> resize the boot partition?
>>
> Is your current F12 installation 32-bit or 64-bit? If it's 32-bit, I
> think you'll need to do a complete install, not an upgrade. In that case
> you can change the partitioning. For an upgrade, you can't. Of course
> you can always change it beforehand using gparted if you're worried
> about size.
>
>
>> I did not select a seperate Home partition when I installed F12. I
>> realize now I should have.
>>
> Definitely. Best back up /home and create a new partition once and for
> all. While you're at it, make sure /boot is at least 500MB in case you
> want to use preupgrade in the future.
>
> poc
>
>
Thanks Poc
It is a 64 bit install of F12
I am a concerned about loosing a Tbit of data
That's pretty unlikely, but only you know how much it's worth to you.
For example, if you don't back it up regularly, that would be an
indicator. I back up daily to a network drive so this kind of thing
comes essentially for no extra cost.
BTW you mean "losing", not "loosing". Two different words, two
different
meanings. Sorry, but I see this increasingly often on mailing lists and
it's starting to get to me :-)
poc
2:06 p.m.
On 05/29/2010 11:40 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 11:22 -0700, Michael Miles wrote:
> I would like to install F13 x64
>
> I have seen the size difference in the partitions.
> Question: Do I have to reformat my F12 installation or will upgrade
> resize the boot partition?
>
Is your current F12 installation 32-bit or 64-bit? If it's 32-bit, I
think you'll need to do a complete install, not an upgrade. In that case
you can change the partitioning. For an upgrade, you can't. Of course
you can always change it beforehand using gparted if you're worried
about size.
> I did not select a seperate Home partition when I installed F12. I
> realize now I should have.
>
Definitely. Best back up /home and create a new partition once and for
all. While you're at it, make sure /boot is at least 500MB in case you
want to use preupgrade in the future.
poc
Ok I am confused.
Sda1 ext4 /boot is 200 meg and locked, Will not allow me to do anything
except format
Sda2 lvm2 not mounted and 931 gig. but is there and active and showing a
warning
The warning is Logical Volume management not yet supported.
It is also showing all I can do is reformat.
Do I change the file system resulting in a lost disk?
My boot is showing 134 meg free
1:44 p.m.
On 05/29/2010 11:40 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 11:22 -0700, Michael Miles wrote:
> I would like to install F13 x64
>
> I have seen the size difference in the partitions.
> Question: Do I have to reformat my F12 installation or will upgrade
> resize the boot partition?
>
Is your current F12 installation 32-bit or 64-bit? If it's 32-bit, I
think you'll need to do a complete install, not an upgrade. In that case
you can change the partitioning. For an upgrade, you can't. Of course
you can always change it beforehand using gparted if you're worried
about size.
> I did not select a seperate Home partition when I installed F12. I
> realize now I should have.
>
Definitely. Best back up /home and create a new partition once and for
all. While you're at it, make sure /boot is at least 500MB in case you
want to use preupgrade in the future.
poc
Thanks Poc
It is a 64 bit install of F12
I am a concerned about loosing a Tbit of data
Looks like I will be spending the weekend backing up 300 gig of Music
and Movies
1:40 p.m.
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 11:22 -0700, Michael Miles wrote:
I would like to install F13 x64
I have seen the size difference in the partitions.
Question: Do I have to reformat my F12 installation or will upgrade
resize the boot partition?
Is your current F12 installation 32-bit or 64-bit? If it's 32-bit, I
think you'll need to do a complete install, not an upgrade. In that case
you can change the partitioning. For an upgrade, you can't. Of course
you can always change it beforehand using gparted if you're worried
about size.
I did not select a seperate Home partition when I installed F12. I
realize now I should have.
Definitely. Best back up /home and create a new partition once and for
all. While you're at it, make sure /boot is at least 500MB in case you
want to use preupgrade in the future.
poc
11:55 a.m.
On 05/30/2010 12:10 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
Definitely. Best back up /home and create a new partition once and
for
all. While you're at it, make sure /boot is at least 500MB in case you
want to use preupgrade in the future.
FYI, /boot is 500 MB by default in Fedora 13, precisely to avoid the
preupgrade issue.
Rahul
7:12 a.m.
N James Bridge wrote:
Personally, I prefer to do a clean install, since it gets rid of
accumulated clutter. That assumes you have a convenient way of backing
up your /home directory.
Does the default installation destroy one's /home partition?
I learned a long time ago never to let Fedora touch my partitioning.
Why can't they just admit that LVM is a bad idea?
It belongs to a past age when disk-space was limited.
--
Timothy Murphy
e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
3:49 p.m.
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 15:03 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 12:06 -0700, Michael Miles wrote:
> On 05/29/2010 11:40 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 11:22 -0700, Michael Miles wrote:
> >
> >> I would like to install F13 x64
> >>
> >> I have seen the size difference in the partitions.
> >> Question: Do I have to reformat my F12 installation or will upgrade
> >> resize the boot partition?
> >>
> > Is your current F12 installation 32-bit or 64-bit? If it's 32-bit, I
> > think you'll need to do a complete install, not an upgrade. In that case
> > you can change the partitioning. For an upgrade, you can't. Of course
> > you can always change it beforehand using gparted if you're worried
> > about size.
> >
> >
> >> I did not select a seperate Home partition when I installed F12. I
> >> realize now I should have.
> >>
> > Definitely. Best back up /home and create a new partition once and for
> > all. While you're at it, make sure /boot is at least 500MB in case you
> > want to use preupgrade in the future.
> >
> > poc
> >
> >
> Ok I am confused.
>
> Sda1 ext4 /boot is 200 meg and locked, Will not allow me to do anything
> except format
Supposedly /boot cannot be ext4 as it's not yet supported by Grub, so I
don't know how you got that to work.
It iis my impresssion that the abovve is no longer true.
> Sda2 lvm2 not mounted and 931 gig. but is there and active and
showing a
> warning
> The warning is Logical Volume management not yet supported.
http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/manual/html_chapter/parted_7.html#SEC68 I don't
recall having done this (I'm not a big fan of LVM for home use) but apparently the
idea is to change LVM's notional size of the filesystem and then resize the partition
with gparted. Simply moving the partition around shouldn't be a problem. You might
want to post this specific question as separate topic and get other opinions before doing
it.
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> It is also showing all I can do is reformat.
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> Do I change the file system resulting in a lost disk?
No, you run gparted from a rescue disk, i.e. reboot with the original
installation disk in the drive and choose rescue mode. You can then run
gparted. If for some reason gparted isn't there, you can download an iso
image of a standalone linux system that basically just runs gparted. See
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
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