# For create logical volume need know volume group and free space # List of volume groups vgs --all # In my example I have vg_debian now get information vgdisplay vg_debian # Free space is 35GiB in my example (Free PE / Size 8960 / 35,00 GiB) # Now I will create logical volume lv_data and ocupate 100% free space lvcreate -n lv_data -l 100%FREE vg_debian # Now create file system on logical volume mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/vg_debian-lv_data