On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:49 PM, Ron Johnson<ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote: > Why didn't I have to? This has always worked for me: > > # mkfs.${TYPE} /dev/some_vg/some_lv Perhaps you're not required to. I just always assumed you did, so I always have. It does work, and works how you'd expect it to. -- Adam Olsen SendOutCards.com http://www.vimtips.org http://last.fm/user/synic _______________________________________________ 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/