pvcreate

linux

Initialize a disk or partition for use as a physical volume. See also: `lvm`.

Options (1)

-f, --forceboolean

Force the creation without any confirmation prompts

Example: sudo pvcreate {{[-f|--force]}} {{/dev/sdXY}}

Initialize the `/dev/sda1` volume for use by LVM

sudo pvcreate /dev/sdXY

Force the creation without any confirmation prompts

sudo pvcreate [-f|--force] /dev/sdXY