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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn't contain a valid partition
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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 course may be outdated/wrong) an LV doesn't contain a partition table so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.