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Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] lvm question regarding start and placement of data
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To: L A Walsh <lvm@tlinx.org>
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On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 05:47:07PM -0700, L A Walsh wrote:
> I don't think the tools work on bare disk (or disk images).  This is a

There are ways to do it, but download a recent upstream version and read
the pvck man page which now has extra analysis facilities.

> I'm beginning to wonder if this is a circular log since I can't really

Yes - see for example Metadata slides at
  http://people.redhat.com/agk/talks/LVM2-LinuxTag2006/

Alasdair