Do I need to partition a disk before formatting?

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Ivan Skiridomov2015-07-23 13:21:31

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Ivan Skiridomov, 2015-07-23 13:21:31

Do I need to partition a disk before formatting?

If I plan to use LVM to manage volumes, do I need to fsdik the disk first?
Are there any pitfalls in making a physical volume from a raw device right away?
How right?
pvcreate /dev/xvdf
or
fdisk /dev/xvdf
... create 1 partition
pvcreate /dev/xvdf1

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