From: Reindl Harald <h.reindl@thelounge.net>
To: antlists <antlists@youngman.org.uk>,
David T-G <davidtg-robot@justpickone.org>,
linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: partitions & filesystems (was "Re: ???root account locked??? after removing one RAID1 hard disc")
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 22:49:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2d0fcd02-9e3a-d11a-a1cf-a47c1b6ce2c3@thelounge.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <01a571de-8ae8-3d9e-6f3d-16555ad93ea3@youngman.org.uk>
Am 30.11.20 um 21:51 schrieb antlists:
> On 30/11/2020 20:05, David T-G wrote:
>> You don't see any "filesystem" or, more correctly, partition in your
>>
>> fdisk -l
>>
>> output because you have apparently created your filesystem on the entire
>> device (hey, I didn't know one could do that!).
>
> That, actually, is the norm. It is NOT normal to partition a raid array
it IS normal for several reasons
* you may end with a replacement disk which is subtle
smaller and hence you normally make the partition
a little smaller then the device
* in case of SSD you reserve some space for
better wear-levelling
* in case you ever need to reinstall your OS you
want your data not in the same filesystem
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-30 21:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-30 8:44 “root account locked” after removing one RAID1 hard disc c.buhtz
2020-11-30 9:27 ` antlists
2020-11-30 10:29 ` c.buhtz
2020-11-30 11:40 ` Wols Lists
2020-11-30 10:31 ` Reindl Harald
2020-11-30 11:10 ` Rudy Zijlstra
2020-11-30 11:18 ` Reindl Harald
2020-11-30 20:06 ` ???root account locked??? " David T-G
2020-11-30 21:57 ` Reindl Harald
2020-11-30 22:06 ` RAID repair script (was "Re: ???root account locked??? after removing one RAID1 hard disc" David T-G
2020-11-30 12:00 ` “root account locked” after removing one RAID1 hard disc Wols Lists
2020-11-30 12:13 ` Reindl Harald
2020-11-30 13:11 ` antlists
2020-11-30 13:16 ` Reindl Harald
2020-11-30 13:47 ` antlists
2020-11-30 13:53 ` Reindl Harald
2020-11-30 14:46 ` Rudy Zijlstra
2020-11-30 20:05 ` partitions & filesystems (was "Re: ???root account locked??? after removing one RAID1 hard disc") David T-G
2020-11-30 20:51 ` antlists
2020-11-30 21:03 ` Rudy Zijlstra
2020-11-30 21:49 ` Reindl Harald [this message]
2020-11-30 22:31 ` antlists
2020-11-30 23:21 ` Reindl Harald
2020-11-30 23:59 ` antlists
2020-11-30 22:04 ` partitions & filesystems David T-G
2020-12-01 8:45 ` partitions & filesystems (was "Re: ???root account locked??? after removing one RAID1 hard disc") c.buhtz
2020-12-01 9:18 ` Rudy Zijlstra
2020-12-01 10:00 ` Wols Lists
2020-12-01 8:41 ` buhtz
2020-12-01 9:13 ` Reindl Harald
2020-12-01 8:42 ` c.buhtz
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