[linux-lvm] pvcreate problem

[Kirby C. Bohling]

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/md0 bs=10k count=1000, should zero out the first 
10 of the device.  With one set of the tools I have, you have to do -ff 
according to the error message.

	Kirby

Colin Coe wrote:

> Hi all, when I try and 'pvcreate /dev/md0' I get the error: "pvcreate --
> device '/dev/md0' has a partition table".  I have tried using the -f and
> --force options without success.
> 
> /dev/md0 used to have an XFS partition on it.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> CC
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