From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from 220-245-31-42.static.tpgi.com.au ([220.245.31.42]:33362 "EHLO smtp.sws.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752886AbaFDNar (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jun 2014 09:30:47 -0400 From: Russell Coker To: Stefan Malte Schumacher Reply-To: russell@coker.com.au Cc: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Partition tables / Output of parted Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 23:30:43 +1000 Message-ID: <16894659.LPcZdlAJqm@xev> In-Reply-To: <20140604111916.GB1657@mars> References: <20140604111916.GB1657@mars> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 4 Jun 2014 13:19:16 Stefan Malte Schumacher wrote: > I have created multiple filesystems with btrfs, in all cases directly > on the devices themself without creating partitions beforehand. I do that sometimes, it works well. I've done the same thing with Ext2/3 in the past as well, it's no big deal. > Now, > if I open the disks containing the multi-device filesystem in parted > it outputs the partion table as loop and shows one partition with > btrfs which covers the whole disk. http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/parted-devel/2009-May/002840.html A Google search on "Partition Table: loop" turned up the above explanation as the third result. > I am unsure how to interpret this output. Two possible explanations > come to mind: a) Btrfs does create partitions, but only if a filesystem > spans multiple devices or b) the output of parted is faulty and no actual > partition is created in both cases. BTRFS doesn't create partitions. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/