Is it ok to mkfs and mount the whole disk without partitionate

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[root@VM_xxx_centos ~]# df
Filesystem     1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/vda1        8255928 7068948    767604  91% /
/dev/vdb       516061624 5966928 483880296   2% /data2

As you can see I mount the whole vdb with no partitions. And I put the the following line in fstab

/dev/vdb             /data2         ext3 noatime,acl,user_xattr 1 0

So is it OK to use the whole disk without partitionate ?

Yes, this is a virtual machine? – hookenz Jun 11 '15 at 00:36 — hookenz, Jun 11 '15 at 00:36

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:14

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Yes it's fine.

Please see: Directly Formatting a Device on a Linux System

The best practices around this have changed over time. If this is a virtual machine, the case for not using partitions is more compelling.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:14

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answered Jun 11 '15 at 00:43

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