summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/man
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorDavid Teigland <teigland@redhat.com>2022-01-18 12:15:03 -0600
committerDavid Teigland <teigland@redhat.com>2022-01-18 12:15:03 -0600
commitde7892f0af275615d2db0c7e6a4bbc56cd4962e8 (patch)
tree93606cea8eb3a2071f81a86e16f4059048a6ca79 /man
parenta972d63c547dc9699c0b3664175eb96b5d89ff8f (diff)
downloadlvm2-de7892f0af275615d2db0c7e6a4bbc56cd4962e8.tar.gz
Revert "pvcreate: overwrite partition header with -f"
This reverts commit d5a950ca67c106403054ecb847e226e8b5a7c30e. This commit did not properly recognize GPT cases.
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r--man/pvcreate.8_des7
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man/pvcreate.8_des b/man/pvcreate.8_des
index 4048eb71c..69bd133aa 100644
--- a/man/pvcreate.8_des
+++ b/man/pvcreate.8_des
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@ 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, 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.
+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.
.P
.B Metadata location, size, and alignment
.P