Solved What is the difference between the two formatting methods?

solidsnake · Jan 27, 2024

Is there an advantage of the first method over direct formatting?

I will fully utilize the size of my disk

Code:

parted /dev/mapper/mpatha mklabel gpt
parted /dev/mapper/mpatha -s -- mkpart primary 2048s -0
parted /dev/mapper/mpatha unit s print
mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/mpatha1

I usually use this directly.

Code:

mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/mpatha

CaffeineAddict · Jan 29, 2024

There is no difference to the final outcome.

First method is useful when you want a partition of different size than what currently is or if you want additional space for more partitions.
Another use case of first method is to convert MBR partition to GPT.

In short first method deals with partitions and partition table, the rest is formatting with mkfs.ext4 which produces same outcome.

solidsnake · Jan 30, 2024

CaffeineAddict said:
There is no difference to the final outcome.

First method is useful when you want a partition of different size than what currently is or if you want additional space for more partitions.
Another use case of first method is to convert MBR partition to GPT.

In short first method deals with partitions and partition table, the rest is formatting with mkfs.ext4 which produces same outcome.

Thanks @CaffeineAddict

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