Re: Partition or whole disk ?

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On Wed, 2004-06-30 10:15:41 -0400, Josh Litherland <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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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