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diff --git a/man/pvcreate.8_des b/man/pvcreate.8_des new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1b00e9e2c --- /dev/null +++ b/man/pvcreate.8_des @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +pvcreate initializes a PV so that it is recognized as belonging to LVM, +and allows the PV to be used in a VG. A PV can be a disk partition, whole +disk, meta device, or loopback file. + +For DOS disk partitions, the partition id should be set to 0x8e using +.BR fdisk (8), +.BR cfdisk (8), +or a equivalent. For GUID Partition Table (GPT), the id is +E6D6D379-F507-44C2-A23C-238F2A3DF928. For +whole disk devices only +the partition table must be erased, which will effectively destroy all +data on that disk. This can be done by zeroing the first sector with: + +.BI "dd if=/dev/zero of=" PhysicalVolume " bs=512 count=1" + +Use \fBvgcreate\fP(8) to create a new VG on the PV, or \fBvgextend\fP(8) +to add the PV to existing 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. |