Prinny@mastodon.social to Linux@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoHow do I properly resize my LVM partitions when it is inside LUKS?message-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up112arrow-down1message-squareHow do I properly resize my LVM partitions when it is inside LUKS?Prinny@mastodon.social to Linux@lemmy.ml · 10 months agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
How do I properly resize my LVM partitions when it is inside LUKS? Do I have to boot in a USB to do it or can it be done while the crypt is open/being used? I need to resize my root partition. #linux #lvm #luks @linux
minus-squareatzanteollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoDid you already shrink the filesystem? I think lvresize will refuse to shrink if the FS is too big (not sure - I don’t shrink volumes often).
minus-squarePrinny@mastodon.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months ago@atzanteol nah. This laptop has a lot I can’t simply lose access to probably in the weekend or something once the backup is done.
Did you already shrink the filesystem? I think lvresize will refuse to shrink if the FS is too big (not sure - I don’t shrink volumes often).
@atzanteol nah. This laptop has a lot I can’t simply lose access to probably in the weekend or something once the backup is done.