Linux System Administration Logical Volume Manager (LVM)

• After the logical volume is created, you can format it as if it were a regular partition.
  

            sh-2.05b# mke2fs -j /dev/lvm-hdb/lvm0

            mke2fs 1.32 (09-Nov-2002)

            Filesystem label=

            OS type: Linux

            Block size=4096 (log=2)

            Fragment size=4096 (log=2)

            108640 inodes, 217088 blocks

            10854 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user

            First data block=0

            7 block groups

            32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group

            15520 inodes per group

            Superblock backups stored on blocks:

                    32768, 98304, 163840

            Writing inode tables: done

            Creating journal (4096 blocks): done

            Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

            This filesystem will be automatically checked every 38 mounts or

            180 days, whichever comes first.  Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.

            sh-2.05b#