From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n6M5fkcS032330 for ; Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:41:46 -0400 Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.251]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n6M5fQwg030642 for ; Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:41:26 -0400 Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id d14so2273382and.36 for ; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:41:26 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4A66A30F.1020906@cox.net> References: <2473b43f0907211255u7c116b1er9c3483bec2472cd@mail.gmail.com> <20090721195830.GA30206@esri.com> <4A66A30F.1020906@cox.net> From: Adam Olsen Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:41:06 -0600 Message-ID: <2473b43f0907212241q3c07e2d4tb160a95b154ad201@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Can't mount or run fdisk on an existing logical volume, help! Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: LVM general discussion and development On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > But doesn't fdisk only work on *physical* block devices? > > IOW, why fdisk an lv ? No, it works on logical volumes too. You still need to create partitions even on the logical ones. -- Adam Olsen SendOutCards.com http://www.vimtips.org http://last.fm/user/synic