mkpv(8)

mkpv8

Creates pv

Usage

mkpv [--configfile] [--version] [--force] [--upgrade] [-acvfuv] </dev/md?>+

Overview

mkpv sets up a block devices into a single PV.

Note that initializing PV devices destroys all of the data on the consituent devices.

Options

-c, --configfile filename

Use filename as the configuration file (/etc/raidtab is used by default).

-f, --force

Initilize the consituent devices, even if they appear to have data on them already.

-h, --help

Displays a short usage message, then exits.

-V, --version

Displays a short version message, then exits.

Notes

The raidtools are derived from the md-tools and raidtools packages, which were originally written by Marc Zyngier, Miguel de Icaza, Gadi Oxman, Bradley Ward Allen, and Ingo Molnar.

Releases

Unchanged in 2 releases since Debian 2.2 (Potato).

  1. 2.2–3.0

Author

Ingo Molnar

Bugs

Probably many.

From raidtools2 0.90.20010914-15 in Debian 3.0 (Woody). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.