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| author | David Teigland <teigland@redhat.com> | 2021-09-08 16:30:11 -0500 |
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| committer | David Teigland <teigland@redhat.com> | 2022-01-14 13:57:20 -0600 |
| commit | d5a950ca67c106403054ecb847e226e8b5a7c30e (patch) | |
| tree | 884ec21ac20ae7bccfb9fce7edfaad1c5eaa297e /man | |
| parent | 0c80ea88477b3511562036748d3bf837bf7b3e8b (diff) | |
| download | lvm2-d5a950ca67c106403054ecb847e226e8b5a7c30e.tar.gz | |
pvcreate: overwrite partition header with -f
$ pvcreate /dev/sdc
Cannot use /dev/sdc: device is partitioned
$ pvcreate -f /dev/sdc
Physical volume "/dev/sdc" successfully created.
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/pvcreate.8_des | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/pvcreate.8_des b/man/pvcreate.8_des index 69bd133aa..4048eb71c 100644 --- a/man/pvcreate.8_des +++ b/man/pvcreate.8_des @@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ Use \fBvgcreate\fP(8) to create a new VG on the PV, or \fBvgextend\fP(8) to add the PV to an existing VG. Use \fBpvremove\fP(8) to remove the LVM disk label from the device. .P -The force option will create a PV without confirmation. Repeating the -force option (\fB-ff\fP) will forcibly create a PV, overriding checks that -normally prevent it, e.g. if the PV is already in a VG. +The force option will create a PV without confirmation, and will overwrite +partition headers. Repeating the force option (\fB-ff\fP) will override other +checks that would normally prevent a pvcreate, e.g. if the PV is already in a +VG. .P .B Metadata location, size, and alignment .P |