From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAFB1C63777 for ; Tue, 1 Dec 2020 00:00:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58D3A207FF for ; Tue, 1 Dec 2020 00:00:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730717AbgLAAAH (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Nov 2020 19:00:07 -0500 Received: from smtp.hosts.co.uk ([85.233.160.19]:31611 "EHLO smtp.hosts.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727182AbgLAAAG (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Nov 2020 19:00:06 -0500 Received: from host86-149-69-253.range86-149.btcentralplus.com ([86.149.69.253] helo=[192.168.1.65]) by smtp.hosts.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim) (envelope-from ) id 1kjt4m-0006Ik-59; Mon, 30 Nov 2020 23:59:24 +0000 Subject: Re: partitions & filesystems (was "Re: ???root account locked??? after removing one RAID1 hard disc") To: Reindl Harald , David T-G , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org References: <20201130200503.GV1415@justpickone.org> <01a571de-8ae8-3d9e-6f3d-16555ad93ea3@youngman.org.uk> <2d0fcd02-9e3a-d11a-a1cf-a47c1b6ce2c3@thelounge.net> <885c2c55-2798-e277-07e7-77684e279cb5@thelounge.net> From: antlists Message-ID: <4829b8e2-5ba5-8ba8-6853-88d36f438c71@youngman.org.uk> Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 23:59:24 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <885c2c55-2798-e277-07e7-77684e279cb5@thelounge.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org On 30/11/2020 23:21, Reindl Harald wrote: >> And putting a partition table in your array does exactly what to help >> that? >>> >>> * in case you ever need to reinstall your OS you >>>    want your data not in the same filesystem >> >> Which is why I partition my disk. I use one raid for the OS, and >> another for my data. > but than "fdisk -l" shows partitions - what the hell..... > that above you responded to has no partitions but the whole drive for > the RAID Yup - the raid sits directly on top of the hard drive - AND IS ITSELF PARTITIONED. Both of those are not normal - it is not normal for a raid to sit on bare drives, and it is not normal for a raid to contain partitions. (Although there's nothing actually wrong with either :-) Cheers, Wol