On 08/03/2010 02:16 PM, pk wrote: > On 2010-08-03 18:20, Valmor de Almeida wrote: > >> fdisk -l > >> Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn't contain a valid partition table > > Why are you using fdisk on a logical volume? To my knowledge (which of > course may be outdated/wrong) an LV doesn't contain a partition table so > looking for it with fdisk -l shouldn't give you any valid data. Use lvs > or lvdisplay instead. If you wish to manipulate the underlying partition > table (the "physical volumes") then you can use fdisk...
He's not doing on a physical volume, they just happen to show up. He's just using "fdisk -l" to generally see what volumes are out there.