On Mon, 7 Oct 2002 17:10:29 +0200 Roger Oberholtzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 7 Oct 2002 07:28:51 +0000 > Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I am planning on trying a gentoo install. I would like it all in > > > one partition. Is this possible? The docs talk about different > > > partitions for boot and root. > > > > Just decline to create the /boot partition and don't mount it when > > clled for during the install. After installation is complete and > > before rebooting, eliminate the line in /etc/fstab for the /boot > > partition. You may need to do something with grub on gentoo as > > well. Since I mave multiple distros, I don't do the grub work > > recommended in the gentoo install, but rather add the gentoo boot > > stanza to my existing grub menu.lst. > > 'decline'? I was planning on following the steps for a stage 3 > install. Do you mean, perhaps, 'skip the part about...' in the > steps?
My information may not be correct. What I have done in the past (I only do the install once in a blue moon when something major like gcc 3.2 changes), is to create the /boot partition as recommended and follow the install instructions to the letter. Then when I've completed the install, I clone the system to a single partition with /boot as part of the / partition. > > > You can have 3 primary, one extended, and a very large number of > > logical partitions under the extended partition. I don't remember > > what the limit is for logical partitions. I use logical > > partitions for most everything. > > As I expected. Now, given that I have installed a zillion Unix/Linux > distros, you would think I know the answer to this: > > Will Linux (specifically gentoo) allow me to put these various > parts (e.g.,/boot) in logical partitions in the extended partition? > Is there any point? No linux system (gentoo or any other) cares whether you use a primary or a logical partition for any of its partitions. The xxxxBSD derivatives, on the other hand, only can use primary partitions. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area - WWTLRD? - Code Python gentoo(since 01/01/01) now 1.4beta kernel 2.4.18+ ext3 GCC3.2 xfce-sylpheed-skipstone _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
