I am using suse 8.0 and lately updated my system using YOU. after updating i created 2 folders in home 1 called backup and the other called local where i keep subdirectories for downloaded software and other items. I then tried to delete them but could not for some strange reason. I later went to lvm manager to reduce the size of my partitions because most were 12% or less but after saving the changes the original values were still showing on kdiskfree. needless to say after i logged off as root the system just plainly STOPPED. I then rebooted and a whole bunch of error messages came up too many file systems mounted. At least i managed to to get to a prompt and logged in as root. the LVM directories /var /opt /home /usr are empty my other directories seem o.k. I went through the installation process of suse8.0 and the lvm manager correctly shows the size that i changed the partition but.. the starting cylinder is the same for all partitions. What do i do?????????? I have just about had it. It is a good thing that I have (sorry guys) windows running HARRY
LVM is probably not for the faint hearted. I don't know if the two points here are related. When using LVM to change a partition size I found df continues to show the old size too. Not sure why. My system is working ok like this. When changing the size of a partition I had to user resize_reiserfs first and then alter the partition, or rather delete then recreate the partition. I did this with none critical data so it would not matter if I stuffed up. I think you have got to experiment - try things - even get burnt. It is the way to learn. Use none critical data though. Brian Marr
I went through the installation process of suse8.0 and the lvm manager correctly shows the size that i changed the partition but.. the starting cylinder is the same for all partitions.
What do i do?????????? I have just about had it. It is a good thing that I have (sorry guys) windows running
HARRY
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