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Use Do not format partition and change the File System ID to 0x8E Linux LVM. Do
not mount this partition.
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Repeat this procedure until you have dened all the desired physical volumes on the
available disks.
3.2.2.1 Creating Volume Groups
If no volume group exists on your system, you must add one (see Figure 3.4, “Creating
a Volume Group” (page 88)). It is possible to create additional groups by clicking on
Volume Management in the System View pane, and then on Add Volume Group. One
single volume group is usually sufcient.
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Enter a name for the VG, for example, system.
2
Select the desired Physical Extend Size. This value denes the size of a physical
block in the volume group. All the disk space in a volume group is handled in blocks
of this size.
3
Add the prepared PVs to the VG by selecting the device and clicking on Add. Select-
ing several devices is possible by holding Ctrl while selecting the devices.
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Select Finish to make the VG available to further conguration steps.
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