On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:04:04 +0200, Claudius Hubig wrote: > Hello Ramon, > > Ramon Hofer <ramonho...@bluewin.ch> wrote: >> /dev/sdi1 jfs 1.9T 1.9T 3.9G 100% /mnt/recordings /dev/sdk >> xfs 1.9T 1.9T 3.3G 100% /mnt/recordings_temp >> >> Is there a reason why one should use a partition spanning the whole >> disk instead of creating the filesystem directly on the disk? > > If you use a partition, it is possible to move the partition a little > bit (a few kilo-/megabytes is usually enough) to align it with the > blocks of the HDD. > > I don’t know if this is possible when using disks directly. In any case, > it will be impossible to boot from such a disk, since there’s no room > for the MBR (or, if there is room for the MBR, the filesystem will be > unaligned with the disk blocks). > > I therefore would always prefer to use a single-partition layout rather > than the raw disk.
Thanks for the answer! I have created a new partition and the filesystem on it. Cheers Ramon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jsu9od$t01$3...@dough.gmane.org
