> Would it be possible to enhance the book's coverage of using a > separate /boot partition? I found this particularly challenging when > it came time to boot the system. The book suggests in section 2.2.1.3. > Convenience Partitions that having a small 100M partition is highly > recommended, but then does not explain how to create a corresponding > grub.cfg file in section 8.
Should it *still* be "highly recommended"? Back in the day when BIOS' couldn't break the 1024 Cyl limit it had a good purpose. I wonder how many people would be installing a recent LFS on a system that old. I used to do it regularly, but haven't in quite some time--and I use a lot of old hardware! ;-) -- Paul Rogers [email protected] Rogers' Second Law: "Everything you do communicates." (I do not personally endorse any additions after this line. TANSTAAFL :-) -- http://www.fastmail.com - Same, same, but different... -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
