thinking about it I think it may be so that you can use the line

kernel=/boot/bzImage, whether or not /boot is a separate partition.

Think about it!

On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 15:19:54 +1200
Conrad Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi Chris,
> 
> do you remember the strange line in grub.conf from Saturday? In the 
> kernel line one specifes the location of the kernel image like (boot 
> partition)/boot/bzImage, where the boot partition itself is normally 
> mounted at /boot in the root tree. Therefore there shouldn't be a 
> directory by the name /boot in the boot partition. I've found that the 
> boot partition has a symbolic link with the name boot to itself. Hence 
> you could also write (boot partition)/bzImage or even (boot 
> partition)/boot/boot/boot/boot/bzImage with exactly the same result.
> 
> Cheers,
> Conrad.
> 

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