LVM - How to Reduce a Logical Volume

[Alexander Dalloz]

gecarroll at notes.cc.sunysb.edu schrieb:

>The FC5 install by default creates one logical volume for the entire
>system.  If you
>wish to reduce the size of this volume to free up space for other logical
>volumes,
>you must first unmount it, whether you are using the GUI LVM utility or via
>the
>command line.  But since the volume contains the running system, file are
>active
>and attempts to unmount fail.  How would you reduce(or increase for that
>matter)
>the size of a logical volume when it contains all or part of the running
>system ?
>
>TIA
>
>George
>  
>
Boot using the install media - CD1 or DVD - and do not mount the LVMs.

Alexander