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Problem

How to use the pvcreate command: Initialize a disk or partition for use as a physical volume. See also: lvm. More information: <https://manned.org/pvcreate>.

Solution

pvcreate — Initialize a disk or partition for use as a physical volume. See also: lvm. More information: <https://manned.org/pvcreate>.

Initialize the /dev/sda1 volume for use by LVM:

sudo pvcreate {{/dev/sdXY}}

Force the creation without any confirmation prompts:

sudo pvcreate {{[-f|--force]}} {{/dev/sdXY}}

Code Snippets

Initialize the `/dev/sda1` volume for use by LVM

sudo pvcreate {{/dev/sdXY}}

Force the creation without any confirmation prompts

sudo pvcreate {{[-f|--force]}} {{/dev/sdXY}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/pvcreate

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