From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Drew Subject: Re: A few remaining questions about installing to RAID-10 Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 11:41:39 -0700 Message-ID: References: <20091005181306574.NWBS26368@cdptpa-omta03.mail.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20091005181306574.NWBS26368@cdptpa-omta03.mail.rr.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Leslie Rhorer Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0True, but it is simpler than that. =C2=A0Pa= rtitions are not needed in > general unless one needs to create a separate task space on a single = drive > volume. =C2=A0If one has no swap space, then it is entirely possible = to run a > Linux system with no partitions at all. =C2=A0The file system can be = created on a > raw disk, and as long as the MBR is good and the boot loader can read= the > file system, you're good. =C2=A0Note I don't genrally recommend runni= ng without a > swap space, and going to extra trouble just to prevent partitioning i= s not > very productive, but there is no reason to partition a drive if it is= not > necessary, whether the "drive" is a single physical disk or an array. I did not know that. I always assumed that for physical disks you needed a partition of some sort so the filesystem doesn't stomp all over the boot sector (where used).That said I think I'll stick to partitioning my boot drive. Feels safer somehow. >> The filesystem still needs a partition/volume but that can created >> either by partitioning /dev/mdX *or* creating a logical volume in LV= M. > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0It doesn't need a partition, just a block = device. =C2=A0That device can > be a partition on a disk, a whole disk, or an array. I forgot you can do that with mdX. It's been a while since I've made filesystems (other then boot drives) without LVM. --=20 Drew "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." --Marie Curie -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html