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From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
To: linux-lvm@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Can't mount or run fdisk on an existing logical  volume, help!
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:49:39 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A66A873.8050100@cox.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2473b43f0907212241q3c07e2d4tb160a95b154ad201@mail.gmail.com>

On 2009-07-22 00:41, Adam Olsen wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Ron Johnson<ron.l.johnson@cox.net> 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.
> 

Why didn't I have to?  This has always worked for me:

# mkfs.${TYPE} /dev/some_vg/some_lv

-- 
Scooty Puff, Sr
The Doom-Bringer

  reply	other threads:[~2009-07-22  5:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-07-21 19:55 [linux-lvm] Can't mount or run fdisk on an existing logical volume, help! Adam Olsen
2009-07-21 19:58 ` Ray Van Dolson
2009-07-21 20:01   ` Adam Olsen
2009-07-21 20:07     ` Ray Van Dolson
2009-07-21 20:29       ` Adam Olsen
2009-07-21 20:35         ` Ray Van Dolson
2009-07-21 20:46           ` Sven Eschenberg
2009-07-21 20:47           ` Adam Olsen
2009-07-21 21:07             ` Ray Van Dolson
2009-07-21 21:24               ` Adam Olsen
2009-07-21 21:59                 ` Ray Van Dolson
2009-07-21 22:09                   ` Adam Olsen
2009-07-21 22:21                     ` Ray Van Dolson
2009-07-21 22:43                       ` Adam Olsen
2009-07-21 22:50                         ` Ray Van Dolson
2009-07-22 13:08                     ` Bryn M. Reeves
2009-07-24  1:38                     ` Ron Johnson
2009-07-22 13:17     ` Bryn M. Reeves
2009-07-22  5:26   ` Ron Johnson
2009-07-22  5:41     ` Adam Olsen
2009-07-22  5:49       ` Ron Johnson [this message]
2009-07-22  6:01         ` Adam Olsen
2009-07-22 15:42           ` Sven Eschenberg
2009-07-22 16:49             ` Bryn M. Reeves
2009-07-23 23:42               ` Adam Olsen
2009-07-22 13:06       ` Bryn M. Reeves
2009-07-22 13:05     ` Bryn M. Reeves

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