From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw Subject: Re: Partition or whole disk ? Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 16:55:47 +0200 Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20040630145547.GV29086@lug-owl.de> References: <1088604941.2840.1.camel@JubJub> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="4QzzFpAwbwI4hdN6" Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1088604941.2840.1.camel@JubJub> To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids --4QzzFpAwbwI4hdN6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2004-06-30 10:15:41 -0400, Josh Litherland wrote in message <1088604941.2840.1.camel@JubJub>: >=20 > Couldn't find an authoritative answer to this in the faq or elsewhere... Use either one of those. > Is it preferred to build md sets out of whole disks or of partitions ?=20 I can't remember any recommendation being spoken out ever. Personally, I prefer having a number of partitions, but that's not a general guide for everybody else:) > Is there any functional reason why either one is better ? Not really... You loose a few KBs or MBs if you use partitions, but that's it... MfG, JBG --=20 Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier B=FCrger" | im Internet! | im Ira= k! ret =3D do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TC= PA)); --4QzzFpAwbwI4hdN6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA4tRzHb1edYOZ4bsRAuY1AKCHY1XC2BW34D5YXte0aa0prLx19ACggEKI DGxJic09saOMKJPo56NrE1I= =OBIp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4QzzFpAwbwI4hdN6--