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From: Bill Longman <bill.longman@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn't contain a valid partition table
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:58:11
Message-Id: 4C5890BF.7000600@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn't contain a valid partition table by pk
1 On 08/03/2010 02:16 PM, pk wrote:
2 > On 2010-08-03 18:20, Valmor de Almeida wrote:
3 >
4 >> fdisk -l
5 >
6 >> Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn't contain a valid partition table
7 >
8 > Why are you using fdisk on a logical volume? To my knowledge (which of
9 > course may be outdated/wrong) an LV doesn't contain a partition table so
10 > looking for it with fdisk -l shouldn't give you any valid data. Use lvs
11 > or lvdisplay instead. If you wish to manipulate the underlying partition
12 > table (the "physical volumes") then you can use fdisk...
13
14 He's not doing on a physical volume, they just happen to show up. He's
15 just using "fdisk -l" to generally see what volumes are out there.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn't contain a valid partition table pk <peterk2@××××××××.se>