aaron kulkis cmiqlkx91hotpopcom dirk moolman wrote sorry let explain using oracle oracle uses filesystems create datafiles example create files like oradata01system01dbf oradata02users01dbf oradata02 new filesystem created points device devsda instead devsda1 partition sda problem administrated oracle servers best bet still go partition table create sd_1 use whole disk want general trying use first 1 2 blocks forget reserved partition table asking headaches andor data corruption disk removed given someone else something someone forgets tell disk doesnt partition table mistakes data loss overwriting blocks normally used partition table formatted mounted fine without problems oracle ok space dont want run problems line want make sure ok like unix systems careful device partitions offsets use dont much experience linux want confirm setup ok dirk original message david bolt mailtobgbricpzdavjamorg sent 13 february 2008 0103 pm wkilxlocopensuseorg subject opensuse use entire disk partition wed 13 feb 2008 dirk moolman wrote disk lets say devsda instead creating partitions disk example devsda1 use entire disk format allocate application cause problems mean allocate application mean something like creating file system device mounting srvwww leaving apache2 shouldnt giving concrete example mean short application points uses devsda mounted instead devsda1 unless application specifically manipulating devices going using devsda use whatever directory devsda uses mount point regards david bolt tue 05 aug 2008 195319 0500 opensuse use entire disk partition