[mythtv-users] New drive: skip partition table?

[Karl Dietz]

On 02.01.2013 00:52, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Preston Crow
> <pc-mythtv08a at crowcastle.net>  wrote:
>> I just installed a new drive.  I have an SSD for boot/OS, so the new drive
>> is just one large file system for media.  Is there anything wrong with
>> creating the file system on the raw disk device, using the whole drive,
>> instead of creating a single large partition?
>
> No, but be aware that some utilities may be confused,
> and so may your backup sysadm (who may not be an
> expert like you are).  Note that if you are using ZFS
> on Solaris (or various derivatives) there are strong
> advantages to using partitionless disks.

That made me wonder as I heard about using whole disks for ZFS, too.

Quoting from the Solaris ZFS Administration Guide:
   ZFS applies an EFI label when you create a storage pool
   with whole disks.

Regards,
Karl