--- Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So sprach John Allen am Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 10:16:44AM +0000:
> > During installation there is no longer a /boot option in the mount
> points
> > drop down list.
>
> Hmm, when is a /boot actually needed? In former times it was needed
> when /
> was too big, and thus the kernel might end up after cylinder 1024.
> Neither
> grub nor lilo are affected by this anymore.
> And also booting is possible from reiserfs, due to initrd - same for
> raid,
> isn't it?
>
> That's no flame, just plain interest: when should a /boot still be
> created?
Comes in handy if you want to plan on having multiple LM's on your
system according to Civileme in mandrakeforum article " Two Mandrake
versions on same machine?"; look for 'yes, there is a better way' near
bottom of his post, if interested.
Also, it's just nice knowing where all the images are and that the
chance of corruption is lessened a bit. I get that warm fuzzy feeling
since grub sits in there too... :)
Regards,
rj
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