fdisk -cu /dev/vda// Create a 1G partition, modified when needed partx -a /dev/vda pvcreate /dev/vdax vgcreate datastore /dev/vdax -s 16M lvcreate- l 50 -n database datastore mkfs.ext3 /dev/datastore/database mkdir /mnt/database mount /dev/datastore/database /mnt/database/ df -Th vi /etc/fstab /dev/datastore /database /mnt/database/ ext3 defaults 0 0 mount -a Restart and check all the questions requirements.