I believe evms went the way of the dodo several years back, and this issue with it. Please reopen if you can still reproduce this.
** Changed in: lvm2 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/51413 Title: pvcreate /dev/sda3 fails, /dev/evms/sda3 succeeds To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lvm2/+bug/51413/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs