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> See also: `lvm`.
> More information: <https://manned.org/lvcreate>.

- Create a logical volume of 10 gigabytes in the volume group vg1:
- Create a logical volume of 10 gigabytes in the volume group `vg1`:

`lvcreate {{[-L|--size]}} {{10G}} {{vg1}}`
`sudo lvcreate {{[-L|--size]}} 10G vg1`

- Create a 1500 megabyte linear logical volume named mylv in the volume group vg1:
- Create a 1500 megabyte linear logical volume named `mylv` in the volume group `vg1`:

`lvcreate {{[-L|--size]}} {{1500}} {{[-n|--name]}} {{mylv}} {{vg1}}`
`sudo lvcreate {{[-L|--size]}} 1500 {{[-n|--name]}} mylv vg1`

- Create a logical volume called mylv that uses 60% of the total space in volume group vg1:
- Create a logical volume called `mylv` that uses 60% of the total space in volume group `vg1`:

`lvcreate {{[-l|--extents]}} {{60%VG}} {{[-n|--name]}} {{mylv}} {{vg1}}`
`sudo lvcreate {{[-l|--extents]}} 60%VG {{[-n|--name]}} mylv vg1`

- Create a logical volume called mylv that uses all the unallocated space in the volume group vg1:
- Create a logical volume called `mylv` that uses all the unallocated space in the volume group `vg1`:

`lvcreate {{[-l|--extents]}} {{100%FREE}} {{[-n|--name]}} {{mylv}} {{vg1}}`
`sudo lvcreate {{[-l|--extents]}} 100%FREE {{[-n|--name]}} mylv vg1`