From: "Ryan B. Lynch" <rlynch@strozllc.com>
To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Partition or whole disk ?
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 08:09:27 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200406300809.28587.rlynch@strozllc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040630145547.GV29086@lug-owl.de>
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On Wednesday 30 June 2004 02:55 pm, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-06-30 10:15:41 -0400, Josh Litherland <josh@emperorlinux.com>
> 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 ?
Isn't it true that autodetection won't work if you build it out of whole
disks, though? The kernel looks for "fd" type partitions to add to RAID
arrays on boot and sets them up according to their superblocks. An array
made of whole-disks couldn't have partition types, so it couldn't use this to
setup.
This is my understanding, so if I'm wrong, please let me know.
- -Ryan
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-06-30 8:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-06-30 14:15 Partition or whole disk ? Josh Litherland
2004-06-30 14:55 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2004-06-30 8:09 ` Ryan B. Lynch [this message]
2004-06-30 16:11 ` Guy
2004-06-30 16:40 ` Dieter Stueken
2004-07-01 17:15 ` Mark Hahn
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