On Friday 08 April 2011 08:40:18 Dale 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?
Yes. correct. Don't forget to set the partition type to "Linux LVM" (8e). > Then comes in the rest of the stuff that I am still trying to > get a grip on. I'm confident you'll get there. > This reminds me of catching a catfish. It's slimy and hard to get a > grip on. lol So are most fish, I believe... Do you fish with your bare hands? -- Joost
