[wellylug] LVM and file sytems

[Cliff Pratt]

andrej at paradise.net.nz wrote:
> Quoting E Chalaron :
> 
>> Hi there
> Hi!
> 
>> Might be a simple question as usual:
>> I have 3 discs in LVM, 2 are ext3 1 is XFS. I'd like to reformat the 
>> ext3 to XFS and add the third one to my volume.
> 
> Unless I've gotten the basic concept all wrong you'd
> add disks to an LVM, and then partition the volume,
> and format the partitions.  Not the other way round?
> 
> But then I've never actually made use of LVM, and 
> can't claim in-depth knowledge ...
> 
You add physical volumes to a Volume group, then allocate logical 
volumes from the resultant space. I'm not sure what the OP required, but 
he appears to have three physical volumes in LVM. Basically he can 
allocate his space as he wishes and format them as he wishes.

Cheers,

Cliff