From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n6M5ntwQ003048 for ; Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:49:55 -0400 Received: from eastrmmtao103.cox.net (eastrmmtao103.cox.net [68.230.240.9]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n6M5nejK030077 for ; Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:49:40 -0400 Received: from eastrmimpo01.cox.net ([68.1.16.119]) by eastrmmtao103.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20090722054939.IGDN12338.eastrmmtao103.cox.net@eastrmimpo01.cox.net> for ; Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:49:39 -0400 Message-ID: <4A66A873.8050100@cox.net> Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:49:39 -0500 From: Ron Johnson MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Can't mount or run fdisk on an existing logical volume, help! References: <2473b43f0907211255u7c116b1er9c3483bec2472cd@mail.gmail.com> <20090721195830.GA30206@esri.com> <4A66A30F.1020906@cox.net> <2473b43f0907212241q3c07e2d4tb160a95b154ad201@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2473b43f0907212241q3c07e2d4tb160a95b154ad201@mail.gmail.com> 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"; format="flowed" To: linux-lvm@redhat.com On 2009-07-22 00:41, Adam Olsen wrote: > 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. > 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