[linux-lvm] pvcreate problem

["Yajith Ajantha Dayarathna | යජිත් අජන්ත දයාරත්න" <yajith@gmail.com>]

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Hi all,
Forgive me if this is the wrong list to ask this question.
I'm quite new to LVM(-and to this list) and one of my friends brought this
question up to me..

There is an error coming up when they try to "pvcreate"

Below is the "fdisk -l" output.

[root@lwlsvr bin]# fdisk -l


Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 145.6 GB, 145667358720 bytes
255 heads, 32 sectors/track, 34866 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 8160 * 512 = 4177920 bytes

          Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/cciss/c0d0p1   *         1        25    101984   83  Linux
/dev/cciss/c0d0p2            26      7554  30718320   83  Linux
/dev/cciss/c0d0p3          7555      8068   2097120   82  Linux swap
/dev/cciss/c0d0p4          8069     34866 109335840    5  Extended
/dev/cciss/c0d0p5          8069     10578  10240784   83  Linux
/dev/cciss/c0d0p6         10579     10587     36704   83  Linux
/dev/cciss/c0d0p7         10588     10596     36704   83  Linux
/dev/cciss/c0d0p8         10597     10725    526304   83  Linux
/dev/cciss/c0d0p9         10726     10988   1073024   83  Linux
/dev/cciss/c0d0p10        10989     11251   1073024   83  Linux
/dev/cciss/c0d0p11        11252     11776   2141984   83  Linux
/dev/cciss/c0d0p12        11777     12301   2141984   83  Linux
/dev/cciss/c0d0p13        12302     12826   2141984   83  Linux
/dev/cciss/c0d0p14        12827     13351   2141984   83  Linux
/dev/cciss/c0d0p15        13352     13876   2141984   83  Linux
/dev/cciss/c0d0p16        13877     34866  85639184   8e  Linux LVM

When a pvcreate is attempted on "/dev/cciss/c0d0p16" it produces the below
output.

[root@lwlsvr informix]# pvcreate /dev/cciss/c0d0p16
pvcreate -- can't open physical volume "/dev/cciss/c0d0p16" to get its size


pvcreate [-d|--debug] [-f[f]|--force [--force]] [-h|--help]
       [-s|--size PhysicalVolumeSize[kKmMgGtT]] [-y|--yes] [-v|--verbose]
       [--version] PhysicalVolume [PhysicalVolume...]

Highly appreciate any help...

Thanks.
-- 
Yajith Ajantha

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