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Don't create partition schema in external devices

Is right to create a filesystem without to create a partition table in external devices non-boot? I've created directly a filesystem into a memory card (SD) and it has been mounted automatically when ...
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Location on disk to write a byte-flag?

I am writing an update utility for an embedded Linux device for which I am responsible. I'm creating a basic side-by-side setup, where updates are applied to a staging partition and then the ...
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How to salvage an unreadable usb flash drive

I have a 16GB USB flash drive that somehow got corrupted to the point in which even fdisk -l can't find it (I get a one-line error message saying: "Unable to open /dev/sdc") However, it is being ...
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# of reads/writes for LVM vs. “regular” partitioning?

I am going to be installing linux to a USB flash drive (an actual install, not a "live usb"). I need it to be completely portable, so I can't realistically have the high-access partitions (swap, var, ...