From: Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@lug-owl.de>
To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Partition or whole disk ?
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 16:55:47 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040630145547.GV29086@lug-owl.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1088604941.2840.1.camel@JubJub>
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On Wed, 2004-06-30 10:15:41 -0400, Josh Litherland <josh@emperorlinux.com>
wrote in message <1088604941.2840.1.camel@JubJub>:
>
> 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 ?
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
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-06-30 14:55 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 [this message]
2004-06-30 8:09 ` Ryan B. Lynch
2004-06-30 16:11 ` Guy
2004-06-30 16:40 ` Dieter Stueken
2004-07-01 17:15 ` Mark Hahn
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