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duke11235

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Parted Commands Solved

What command would I use to create a Linux lvm partition with the free space on a drive in parted? It isn't nearly as straightforward as cfdisk, but it supports GPT.

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Ranguvar

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Re: Parted Commands Solved

mkpart (primary/logical) beginninghere endinghere

LVM tools will let you turn it into a PV.

duke11235

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Re: Parted Commands Solved

So, after that command, with the values substituted in  from fdisk -l, i just continue with pvcreate, then vgcreate, etc? Will that label it as lvm or do I need another command?

Do I label it and is the one referring to partition number?
set 1 lvm on

I am looking for a command that does the same as creating an 8e linux lvm partition. Is it true the arch installer creates filesystem types(ext4) in the real arch installer?

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jasonwryan

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Re: Parted Commands Solved

set partition flag state: Change  the  state of the flag on partition to  state.   Supported  flags  are:
"boot", "root", "swap", "hidden", "raid", "lvm", "lba", and "palo".  state should be either "on" or "off".

From man parted.

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duke11235

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Re: Parted Commands Solved

set partition flag state: Change  the  state of the flag on partition to  state.   Supported  flags  are:
"boot", "root", "swap", "hidden", "raid", "lvm", "lba", and "palo".  state should be either "on" or "off".

Does it need a location? In the man it says:

 set 1 lvm on

The first command creates a partition,

mkpart (primary/logical) beginninghere endinghere

in the man it specifies the type.

mkpart primary ext2 0 4000

I thought the arch installer did that later.

duke11235

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Re: Parted Commands Solved

NVM I figured it out. parted numbers the partitions, and the arch installer will create the filesystem.

from ubuntu parted man page