Is partitioning required?

[Robert Spanjaard]

I just installed a new harddisk. Because I was planning to use it as a 
single large volume, I forgot to partition it. I just clicked Format in 
the Disk Utility, and it works.
But now, "sudo fdisk -l" shows the following information:

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Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/sdc: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00021241

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1   *           1      121601   976760001   83  Linux
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Disk dev/sdb is the new harddisk.
Disk /dev/sdc is a different harddisk, where I did create a single large 
partition before formatting.

Both disks are working fine, but still, I wonder if I should have created 
a partition table first.

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Regards, Robert                                      http://www.arumes.com