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15.2.2. Removing an LVM2 Logical Volume for Swap
To remove a swap volume group (assuming
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol02
is the swap volume you want to remove):
Procedure 15.4. Remove a swap volume group
- Disable swapping for the associated logical volume:
#
swapoff -v /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol02
- Remove the LVM2 logical volume of size 512 MB:
#
lvremove /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol02
- Remove the following entry from the
/etc/fstab
file:/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol02 swap swap defaults 0 0
To test if the logical volume size was successfully removed, use
cat /proc/swaps
or free
to inspect the swap space.
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