Re: LVM and fdisk

[bentley rhodes <bntly_rhds@charter.net>]

Steven Pritchard wrote:

>On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 01:05:18PM -0500, bentley rhodes wrote:
>  
>
>>*# vgcreate my_volume_group /dev/hda1 /dev/hdb1
>>
>>but i can't figure out how to make it work, it just says the volume doesn't 
>>exist:
>> No physical volume label read from /dev/sda1
>>    
>>
>
>Try 'pvcreate /dev/sda1 ; pvcreate /dev/sdb1' *then* vgcreate.
>
>Steve
>  
>
[root@bntly ~]# pvcreate /dev/sda1
Incorrect metadata area header checksum
Incorrect metadata area header checksum
Incorrect metadata area header checksum
Incorrect metadata area header checksum
Failed to wipe new metadata area
/dev/sda1: Format-specific setup of physical volume failed.
Failed to setup physical volume "/dev/sda1"

do i have to have it unmounted? do i have to have a blank drive? wipe it 
clean?

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