[linux-lvm] LVM configuration question....

[Brian J. Murrell]

On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 11:48:00PM +0200, Goetz Bock wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Jun 24 '01 at 17:30, Mark J. Bobak wrote:
> > # pvcreate /dev/sdc
> > pvcreate -- device "/dev/sdc" has a partition table
> > 
> > So, can anyone offer me a clue as to the problem?
> Well, you can force pvcreate to use /dev/sdc, but you should not.

Why not?  I thought for non-system (i.e. boot) disks this was
perfectly acceptable.

b.