


I would like to add a new SATA disk to my system (CentOS 7.6) by using LVM. wipefs can erase filesystem, raid or partition-table signatures (magic strings) from the specified deviceto make the signatures invisible for libblkid. Apt-cache is a good idea if you now the package name. The GDISK command in Linux is used to partition the drives of your system. The wipefs Linux command utility can be used to erase various types of signatures from a device (partition. WIPEFS(8) System Administration WIPEFS(8) NAME top wipefs - wipe a signature from a device SYNOPSIS top wipefs options device. I intend to not use a partition table, and just add the raw device to the LVM. To wipe this device signature, I use wipefs. When used without options -a or -o, it lists all visible filesystems and offsets of their signatures. wipefs does not erase the whole filesystem or any other data from the device. Convert MBR Partition into GPT in CentOS/RHEL 7. wipefs allows to erase filesystem or raid signatures (magic strings) from the device to make the filesystem invisible for libblkid. (I do that all the time on CentOS systems) The block device is visible by the OS, but the LVM is refusing to add it. The computer is a Intel NUC, and the OS is running from an NVMe SSD.
#Linux wipefs install
We know, that we search the binary, usually located in /bin, /usr/bin or /sbin, therefore your package name is util-linux and you can install it, as said with sudo apt-get install util-linux Util-linux: /usr/share/man/man8/wipefs.8.gz Util-linux: /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/wipefs Manpages-fr-extra: /usr/share/man/fr/man8/wipefs.8.gzīut in your case apt-file search wipefs is the better choice. To use apt_file you have to install it sudo apt-get install apt_file You must wipe the 20 last kB of the DISK, not of the PARTITION. I think it's pretty silly that the CentOS-6 installer ignores drives like these without giving the option to 'use anyway'. The wipefs command (since v2.31) lists all the offset where a magic strings have been detected. But AT LEAST it prints a message about it. When option -a is used, all magic strings that are visible for libblkid are erased. When done copying, right click on the DVD drive and select Eject. Navigate to the newly created DVD drive and copy all files and folders to the USB flash drive. Right click on archlinux- version -x8664.iso and select Mount. Or if wipefs is already installed and you need the package name % apt-file search "$(which wipefs)" Other examples for apt-file % apt-file search -regex "/wipefs$" In this case the wipefs scans the device again after each modification (erase) until no magic string is found. Partition the USB flash drive and format it to FAT32.
