7.3.2. Removing an LVM2 Logical Volume for Swap
The swap logical volume cannot be in use (no system locks or processes on the volume). The easiest way to achieve this is to boot your system in rescue mode. Refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide for instructions on booting into rescue mode. When prompted to mount the file system, select
.
To remove a swap volume group (assuming
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol02
is the swap volume you want to remove):
- Disable swapping for the associated logical volume:
swapoff -v /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol02
swapoff -v /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol02
Copy to Clipboard Copied! Toggle word wrap Toggle overflow - Remove the LVM2 logical volume of size 512 MB:
lvm lvremove /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol02
lvm lvremove /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol02
Copy to Clipboard Copied! Toggle word wrap Toggle overflow - Remove the following entry from the
/etc/fstab
file:/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol02 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol02 swap swap defaults 0 0
Copy to Clipboard Copied! Toggle word wrap Toggle overflow - Test that the logical volume has been removed:
cat /proc/swaps free
cat /proc/swaps free
Copy to Clipboard Copied! Toggle word wrap Toggle overflow