On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Robert J Brenneman wrote: > We usually dont create more than one partition on a lun > since we are using 4 Gig luns. If you went with something like a > 20 Gig lun then you'd probably want to have seperate partitions ...
Hear here! Indeed! Not only "use just one partition" but also "use partition zero". This seems to get misunderstood. What I mean is, where partitioning is not required, don't do it. This is completely reliable where the underlying media is fixed-block (as SAN/SCSI is). You only save a few kilobytes, perhaps, but it's the principle of the matter. Don't partition where it's not needed. Where the "device" is /dev/sda and you use the whole thing as /dev/sda1 just skip the partitioning and use /dev/sda itself instead. I like the term "partition zero" because it is "minor number zero" of that set, which no one has argued against. (Though some have complained about the "partition zero" terminology.) -- R; HCPMCV1459E ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
