[linux-lvm] Can't mount or run fdisk on an existing logical volume, help!

Adam Olsen arolsen at gmail.com
Wed Jul 22 05:41:06 UTC 2009


On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Ron Johnson<ron.l.johnson at 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.

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