connect "vm1disk" file to "/dev/loop0" device: # losetup /dev/loop0 vm1disk display info about /dev/loop0: # losetup /dev/loop0 use it to create pv: # pvcreate /dev/loop0 later delete the /dev/loop0 <-> vm1disk binding by issuing command: # losetup -d /dev/loop0 (do it after "pvremove /dev/loop0") cheers, bartek >>> ahairape@mail.cern.ch 2006-07-31 19:59:27 >>> Hello, I am newbe to the lvm and I have the following issue: My system is partitioned in the following way: =============================================================== Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 16 128488+ 83 Linux /dev/hda2 17 4767 38162407+ 83 Linux /dev/hda3 4768 4865 787185 82 Linux swap =============================================================== There is no free space left on the disk. I created the separate files, which I want to be lvm-enabled; I used the following commands: ============================================================== #> cd / #> dd if=/dev/zero of=vm1disk bs=1k seek=16384k count=1 #> mkfs -t ext3 vm1disk #> dd if=/dev/zero of=vm1swap bs=1024k count=1 #> mkswap vm1swap ============================================================== Now I want to initialize that "disk" for lvm-use. So what I need to do? pvcrete ..........................? I had a look at the documentation, but they deal with real partitions and disks (as far as I understood), not with files... Thanks in advance to everyone who responds, Arsen. _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
