Logical Volume Management (LVM) 367 Before logical volumes are useful, you need to know how to add another LV. For example, if you've added more users, and they need more room than is available on the /home directory, you may need to add more LVs. Linux can't read files from the /boot directory if it's configured on a logical volume. As those files are essential to the boot process, don't set up a logical volume for that directory. Remove a Logical Volume The removal of an existing LV is straightforward, with the lvremove command. This assumes that any directories previously mounted on LVs have been unmounted. At that point, the basic steps are simple: 1. Save any data in directories that are mounted on the LV. 2. Unmount any directories associated with the LV. Based on the example in the previous section, you would use the following command: