Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 29 Oct 2000 07:52:35 -0500 | From | Wakko Warner <> | Subject | Re: RAID superblock |
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> > [Wakko Warner] > > > While this subject is fresh, what would be wrong with using the > > > entire drive as opposed to creating a partition and adding the > > > partition to the raid? > > > > Does it autodetect an entire drive? The autodetect logic for > > partitions looks at the 'partition type' byte, which of course doesn't > > exist for a whole drive.
Actually, I don't think it does. I've not booted into single user mode (where the raid hasn'tbeen setup yet) to see.
> > Just a thought .. I don't run RAID here. > > A good one. I seriously doubt that it indeed will detect drives. The're > not partitions, the're drives. > > Don't think the current RAID code handles entire drives.
Autodetect, probably not. But it doesn't seem to have any problems with it as far as usability.
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