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Date:      Mon, 27 Aug 2007 05:34:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Simun Mikecin <numisemis@yahoo.com>
To:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   zfs: Use wholedisk or not?
Message-ID:  <461381.93183.qm@web36609.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

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Is it safe to create zpool using whole disks instead of partitioning (making a GPT partition)?
I know that using whole disks gives the benefit that zfs will to try to enable disk write cache on
it.
But I'm scared of what would happen if I plug such a disk on some other machine, that runs some
other OS (Windows for example) since that disk will not have a valid MBR.
Will it try to restore a valid MBR and destroy a zpool in the process?



       
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