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 39047138CBE for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2015 18:20:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 56DC8E0AB3; Sat, 21 Mar 2015 18:20:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-f176.google.com (mail-ie0-f176.google.com [209.85.223.176]) (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 2FC25E0AA9 for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2015 18:20:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ieclw3 with SMTP id lw3so10929707iec.2 for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2015 11:20:25 -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=BTB4Plx0syNwW9qRlOiE+xUaZFKpchfV5HA3C9O8C9E=; b=YdUD3vHEvkfSKXF0sjoEZNM84AWQtfspHKUAd61eNrI4v2pNcZ/SKhVH76lIfaXQaw i47Ib9AOgR96NQjvzn1rWhrrDc4Vi0EJWsjV9lHX2ifAZdCG32xArmFSeEkdboc2i54a DZG/RctGoOF5aSzpGeGla4HQIQhcYrOpuqduH974OKRriZeSsOVZ9PmMBRpnHxT1+VxF OObr95wLsbqrF2D+AvllJvJaAWQ8fRdVYkZJAprJoh+c6GdXH2Z2JfHG3tqGWsY9wpAe BP7KSAlzg7UYB5mDhH+5OELVKoSq+wDA8XP+xO+u3MXjDpisZ2OaORZr2UyzofXUTgTZ NHZw== 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 10.43.66.131 with SMTP id xq3mr11430142icb.9.1426962025578; Sat, 21 Mar 2015 11:20:25 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.107.135.78 with HTTP; Sat, 21 Mar 2015 11:20:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <12198925.7iA40cA1Uc@wstn> References: <2204749.hhfqrvftsh@wstn> <12198925.7iA40cA1Uc@wstn> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 14:20:25 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: tSCkBNztmPC9Y8S-V_-I7Cv3wmI 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: ec76c61a-9764-4757-a762-276b8df5ee0a X-Archives-Hash: 0487cb6797d1cb5381677c45a79557e4 On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 2:14 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Saturday 21 March 2015 11:18:44 Rich Freeman wrote: >> 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. > > Thanks Rich. > > I see I wasn't clear: I meant /dev/mdX resulting from combining /dev/sd[ab]X > - I assume you meant the same. > > Interesting that the installation doc doesn't mention it though. Or it > didn't when I used it to build this box. Oh, I wouldn't install partitions on top of an md raid device. I probably would use it as an lvm physical volume though. -- Rich