can somebody tell me how to mount LVM

[Mustafa Abbasi]

i can't seem to be able to format the LVM.
i even tried to use gparted but it says error.


On 7/2/05, Steve Feehan <sfeehan at sbb.uvm.edu> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Jul 02, 2005 at 10:07:45PM +0500, Mustafa Abbasi wrote:
> > pvdisplay
> >
> > root at ubuntu:~# pvdisplay
> > --- Physical volume ---
> > PV Name /dev/hda3
> > VG Name storage
> > PV Size 31.20 GB / not usable 0
> > Allocatable yes
> > PE Size (KByte) 4096
> > Total PE 7987
> > Free PE 7987
> > Allocated PE 0
> > PV UUID dALgIA-mvCr-P17l-1rKO-2aQj-FAEk-otOv9K
> >
> > --- Physical volume ---
> > PV Name /dev/hdb3
> > VG Name storage
> > PV Size 31.03 GB / not usable 0
> > Allocatable yes
> > PE Size (KByte) 4096
> > Total PE 7944
> > Free PE 7944
> > Allocated PE 0
> > PV UUID NwCXne-sEM0-v6hi-InEY-xUOK-0lBV-rM5EPv
> >
> >
> > vgdisplay
> >
> > --- Volume group ---
> > VG Name storage
> > System ID
> > Format lvm2
> > Metadata Areas 2
> > Metadata Sequence No 1
> > VG Access read/write
> > VG Status resizable
> > MAX LV 0
> > Cur LV 0
> > Open LV 0
> > Max PV 0
> > Cur PV 2
> > Act PV 2
> > VG Size 62.23 GB
> > PE Size 4.00 MB
> > Total PE 15931
> > Alloc PE / Size 0 / 0
> > Free PE / Size 15931 / 62.23 GB
> > VG UUID FmOA2M-6jnP-XvZM-svFq-DJkW-78E3-ZiPXLT
> >
> > lvdisplay
> > nothing.......
> 
> It looks like you didn't create any volumes on the volume group.
> Read the lvcreate(1) man page for the full details, but the basic
> command is:
> 
> lvcreate -n lvname -L size storage
> 
> Where 'lvname' is the desired volume name and 'size' is the
> volume size.
> 
> Then you will need to create a file system on the logical volume:
> 
> mkfs -t ext3 /dev/storage/lvname
> 
> Finally, add the logical volume to the fstab:
> 
> echo "/dev/storage/lvname /mount/point ext3 defaults 0 2" >> /etc/fstab
> 
> Create the mount point, if it doesn't already exist:
> 
> mkdir /mount/point
> 
> And mount the volume:
> 
> mount /mount/point
> 
> > i have activated the volume by
> >
> > *# vgchange -a y storage
> 
> This should happen automatically at boot.
> 
> --
> Steve Feehan
>
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