A partition of type FD is required to autodetect the array(s). Guy -----Original Message----- From: linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jan-Benedict Glaw Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 10:56 AM To: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Partition or whole disk ? 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 -- Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@xxxxxxxxxx . +49-172-7608481 "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier Bürger" | im Internet! | im Irak! ret = do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA)); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
