From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00023138CBE for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2015 15:18:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 68BD5E0A52; Sat, 21 Mar 2015 15:18:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-f173.google.com (mail-ie0-f173.google.com [209.85.223.173]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 47DEBE08C1 for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2015 15:18:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iecvj10 with SMTP id vj10so9279768iec.0 for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2015 08:18:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=sKgIVtDtxkeAjJX0NdoZoj7b4KdMjepPmcdltZYW/1s=; b=qFavyzp+yubtC+ntcz58XRuteYMd3LtHsnHGyh0Y/XrsmD+yhofHXM4oq7xgmRxAaD 700V3eO3kovajUk6L5xkCVJ9WQ/r9jZZ8TmZdHJiswKTE4S95D5Q8o7vlnWDUdOjbP4s 5ccvm9es1Wb21SHJFJ+eraxL9OWPwAJjZY98rLSybpSJV6mYq0gMbKUiBGjoTuzPn4JM oKp/n6mDFXYNwOHPNWE+ami8ijw7+UQWFO+g8NyZJMIX4ZjI29QXRI4CppEwHudGkBfg w+jtzUHXw6+C5zAZ2UKP5qP4AM0CS2rQbu8/MxXGrxCDZoNnLiWA750BzZgo7mJTnAsN Hk6g== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.107.164.140 with SMTP id d12mr109211861ioj.13.1426951124744; Sat, 21 Mar 2015 08:18:44 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.107.135.78 with HTTP; Sat, 21 Mar 2015 08:18:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <2204749.hhfqrvftsh@wstn> References: <2204749.hhfqrvftsh@wstn> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 11:18:44 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: a4EnGedDHs_sxM5CQmaJAIjdmBk Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Partitions From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: a828ce2d-0c87-4621-8dbd-e3e518cb152b X-Archives-Hash: f4844216633394341540469a2c4bdf0b On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Does it make sense to install a partition table on a RAID-1 device? When I was using mdadm I would do it all the time. It is the easiest way to do RAID with devices of different sizes. You just set up multiple arrays across partitions of the same sizes and then combine everything with LVM. -- Rich