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How can I resize a partition managed by LVM?

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I have a fresh CentOS install on my machine and I would like to make space on the drive available in order to install Arch Linux. Unfortunately, LVM is new to me and doesn't appear to work well with gParted (on my Ubuntu 9.0 LiveCD, anyways). It always seems to treat the LVM as some unknown filesys…

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The LVM HOWTO is the place to go for most things. As for reducing, remember that you need to reduce the innermost layer first, then work outwards. This means (or the proper counterpart for the filesystem in use), then .

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