pvcreate

Initialize a disk or partition for use as a physical volume.

See also: `lvm`.

• Initialize the `/dev/sda1` volume for use by LVM:

pvcreate {/dev/sda1}

• Force the creation without any confirmation prompts:

pvcreate --force {/dev/sda1}

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