cheat.sheets:pvcreate
# pvcreate
# Initialize a physical volume for use by LVM.
# Initialize a disk or partition as a physical volume for LVM
pvcreate /dev/sdx1
# Initialize a disk or partition with specific metadata size
pvcreate --metadatasize 128M /dev/sdx1
# Initialize a disk or partition with zeroing of the first 4 sectors (default)
pvcreate --zero y /dev/sdx1
# Initialize a disk with sector size of 512 bytes
pvcreate --dataalignment 512s /dev/sdx1
# Set the physical volume label and initialize
pvcreate --label my_physical_volume /dev/sdx1
# Initialize with a specific UUID
pvcreate --uuid abcdef12-3456-7890-abcd-ef1234567890 /dev/sdx1
# Display detailed information about the operation being performed
pvcreate --verbose /dev/sdx1
tldr:pvcreate
# 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>.
# Initialize the `/dev/sda1` volume for use by LVM:
pvcreate /dev/sda1
# Force the creation without any confirmation prompts:
pvcreate --force /dev/sda1
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