pvcreate
Initialize a disk or partition for use as a physical volume.
See also: lvm.
More information: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/pvcreate.8.html.
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Initialize the
/dev/sda1volume for use by LVM:
pvcreate {{/dev/sda1}} -
Force the creation without any confirmation prompts:
pvcreate --force {{/dev/sda1}}
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