On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 6:40 AM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: >> >> On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:42:59 -0500, Dale wrote: >> >> >>> >>> Little light bulb here. physical volume is the same as a physical >>> drive? If I understand it correctly, it is the whole thing >>> unpartitioned. >>> >> >> No. A physical volume is an area of disk. It can be the whole disk but it >> more usually a partition. >> >> > > Ooooh. Still some progress tho. lol So, if I was going to use LVM, I > create a partition first, either whole drive or part of it then use LVM on > that? Then comes in the rest of the stuff that I am still trying to get a > grip on. > > This reminds me of catching a catfish. It's slimy and hard to get a grip > on. lol > > Dale
Dale, As for the 'whole disk' hint, I think what Neil means is that the drive doesn't need to be partitioned at all. I.e., instead of mke2fs -j /dev/sda3 think mke2fs -j /dev/sda - Mark
