pvcreate

Initialize physical volume

$ sudo pvcreate /dev/sda1

$ sudo pvcreate -f /dev/sda1

pvcreate [OPTIONS] PhysicalVolume...

pvcreate initializes a disk or partition for use as a physical volume in LVM. This writes LVM metadata to the device, preparing it to be added to a volume group.

-f, --force

Force creation without confirmation prompts

Answer yes to all prompts

Zero the first 4 sectors of the device

Size of metadata area

Align data to a multiple of this size

Specify UUID for the physical volume

All existing data on the device will be overwritten. The device should not be mounted or in use. Physical volumes must be created before being added to volume groups.

pvcreate is part of LVM2, the Linux Logical Volume Manager.

lvm(8), vgcreate(8), pvdisplay(8), pvremove(8)