Sorry, let me explain. We are using Oracle. Oracle uses filesystems to create datafiles in, for example it will create files like: /oradata01/system01.dbf /oradata02/users01.dbf Now if /oradata02 (a new filesystem I created) points to the device /dev/sda, instead of /dev/sda1 (a partition on sda), will this be a problem ? It formatted and mounted fine, without any problems, and Oracle is ok with the space. I just don't want to run into problems further down the line, so I just want to make sure it is ok like this. With some Unix systems you have to be careful with your device partitions, and your offsets that you use, but I don't have much experience on Linux, and just want to confirm that the above setup will be ok. Dirk -----Original Message----- From: David Bolt [mailto:bcrafhfr@davjam.org] Sent: 13 February 2008 01:03 PM To: opensuse@opensuse.org Subject: Re: [opensuse] Use entire disk, and not a partition On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Dirk Moolman wrote:-
If you have a disk, let's say /dev/sda, and instead of creating partitions on the disk, for example /dev/sda1, you use the entire disk, format it, and allocate it to an application - will this cause any problems ?
What do you mean by "allocate it to an application" ? Do you mean something like creating a file system on the device, mounting it on /srv/www and leaving it just for Apache2? If so, it shouldn't. If not, how about giving a concrete example of what you mean?
In short: the application points to and uses /dev/sda (which is mounted), instead of /dev/sda1.
Unless the application is specifically manipulating devices, it's not going to be using /dev/sda but will use whatever directory /dev/sda uses as the mount point. Regards, David Bolt -- Team Acorn: http://www.distributed.net/ OGR-P2 @ +AH4-100Mnodes RC5-72 @ +AH4-15Mkeys SUSE 10.1 32bit | openSUSE 10.2 32bit | openSUSE 10.3 32bit | openSUSE 11.0a1 SUSE 10.1 64bit | openSUSE 10.2 64bit | openSUSE 10.3 64bit RISC OS 3.6 | TOS 4.02 | openSUSE 10.3 PPC | RISC OS 3.11 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+-unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+-help@opensuse.org *** Disclaimer *** The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and legally privileged and is intended solely for the addressee and to others who have the authority to receive it. Access to this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorized and as such, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted in reliance on it is unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately. The views expressed in this e-mail are the views of the individual sender and should in no way be construed as the views of the Company. The Company is not liable to ensure that outgoing e-mails are virus-free. The Company is not liable, should information or data, for whatever reason, be corrupted or fail to reach its intended addressee. The Company is not liable for any loss or damage of whatsoever nature and howsoever arising resulting from the opening or the use of the information in this e-mail, including its attachments and links. The sender of this e-mail is subject to and bound by the terms and conditions of Company+IBk-s Electronic Communications Usage Policy. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org