[colug-432] Un-LVM-ify a partition?

[jep200404 at columbus.rr.com]

On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:58:00 -0500, Rick Troth <rmt at casita.net> wrote:

> Use just one partition, or ... drum roll ... skip the partition table
> and use the whole disk ... literally.
> 
> <aside>
> 
> There are only two reasons to use partitioning: GRUB and WIndows. 

Another is to have a tiny clue about what is on the drive. 
Drives get moved around and one can forget what was on them. 
When fdisk -l doesn't reveal anything, non LVM ninjas are more 
likely to think it is unused and wipe it, 
than if it had a partition table. 

Comments are good. 

Think of a partition table as a comment, albeit a feeble comment.