On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 09:23 -0600, lin q wrote: > Let's say /boot is on partition 1, / is on partition 2, /home on > partiotion 3 and /mybld on partition 4. It does not matter which partition I > select as active partition from booting Linux point of view, then why do I > have to name one partition active?
Sure, Linux knows where to find the kernel etc. but first the hardware has to be able to find Linux. Every OS needs a bit of boot-up code on the first sector that tells the firmware where to find the OS itself... that bit of boot-up code is the Master Boot Record (MBR). With multiple partitions (or drives), you need to tell the powerup firmware which partition contains your MBR. -- Peter B. Steiger Cheyenne, WY -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
