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Sorry I didn't mean to say fs - does that mean that is free to add to the volume group once it has been brought under volume manager control?
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Sorry I didn't mean to say fs - does that mean that is free to add to the volume group once it has been brought under volume manager control?

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No, extended partition is created as second, third or forth partition to allow partition number go beyond 5.<br />
So the actual partition is /dev/sda5, /dev/sda6... which are within /dev/sda4 (extended).<br />
You can see the start sector of /dev/sda5 are the same as /dev/sda4 (in my example, 9775).
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No, extended partition is created as second, third or forth partition to allow partition number go beyond 5.
So the actual partition is /dev/sda5, /dev/sda6... which are within /dev/sda4 (extended).
You can see the start sector of /dev/sda5 are the same as /dev/sda4 (in my example, 9775).

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In lvm some fs are marked Linux LVM but what is extended? that slice of the disk marked as extended appears to be used but does not appear in pvscan - the only thing showing in pvscan is the lvm partition. just dont understand what the extended space is for. I thought it could be added to a vg but seems to be used up .
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In lvm some fs are marked Linux LVM but what is extended? that slice of the disk marked as extended appears to be used but does not appear in pvscan - the only thing showing in pvscan is the lvm partition. just dont understand what the extended space is for. I thought it could be added to a vg but seems to be used up .

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