Dave Howorth wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jan 2017 09:20:56 +0100 Per Jessen <per@computer.org> wrote:
As for formatting an entire drive, we do it all the time - mdraid devices.
I don't recommend that, myself. Too easy to accidentally overwrite the start with something else. I was bitten a couple of times and after that I started putting a small empty partition at the start of the disk, and at the end, to guard against such accidents.
We've been doing it since the beginning, around 2006. Sofar it has not caused any problems or accidents. Once in production, these systems are rarely touched. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (-0.6°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - dedicated server rental in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org