If you use an LVM for root .. I find it's a 'good' thing to have a separate non-LVM for /boot. Seems like RH defaults to partitioning a single minidisk with /boot in dasda1, swap in dasda2, and root LVM on dasda3. (Or maybe that's just how the kickstart file I was using did things?)..
Anyway -- as Marcy said - it's also handy to be able to DDR /boot separately.. Scott On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Marcy Cortes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The other advantage to a small /boot minidisk of its own in a VM > environment is that if you mess it up (like your maintenance to the > kernel missed doing mkinitrd/zipl) , you can DDR a good one from a > another server. > > > Marcy > "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If > you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the > addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on > this message or any information herein. If you have received this > message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail > and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation." > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Edmund R. MacKenty > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:22 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Question DASD on CLIENT from Start system > instructions > > On Wednesday 02 July 2008 12:02, Mark Post wrote: > >Some people like to break /boot out into a separate partition, even on > > >System z. It's not necessary, per se, since mainframe's don't have any > > >BIOS limitations to work around. But, some people feel more > >comfortable with it, or want their mainframe systems to look more like > > >their midrange ones. > > One reason for having /boot on a separate filesystem is to keep it safe. > Some distros (Gentoo, perhaps Debian?) default to a separate /boot > filesystem which is not mounted by default. This keeps your pesky users > from mucking with it. It also ensures that the /boot filesystem is > never mounted read-write during normal operations, including reboots. > This pretty much avoids the possibility of filesystem corruption. The > only time you mount it read-write is when you have to install a new > kernel into it. > > So a separate /boot is a safety measure. > - MacK. > ----- > Edmund R. MacKenty > Software Architect > Rocket Software, Inc. > Newton, MA USA > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
