> The biosboot (ie. boot sector) must be able to load the /boot file. > Then, the /boot file must be able to load the kernel. > > Both need to be BIOS-reachable. > > You don't want a giant root file system. It won't work. > > We actually have other reasons to have our users not use giant root > filesystems. It is not as secure.
+ fsck takes a very long time on giant filesystems.
