Thanks. I've really never thought of a seperate boot partition, but that can
make life alot easier. How big should a boot partition be? I'm assuming 100
megs will be enough, but if not could someone let me know.
On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, you wrote:
> Petey wrote:
> >
> > I've got a quick question I couldn't find the answer for in my Linux book. I
> > have a 16.8 GB hard drive. Will I need to create 2 - 8GB partitions or can I
> > create 1 - 16GB partition? I've never worked above 4GB partitions, so this is
> > new territory for me. Thanks for the help.
>
> With a drive that big, you really want to create 3 partitions (at the
> MINIMUM). First, your swap partition. Second, a partition you'll mount
> as /boot. The last will be your / (root) filesystem.
>
> The reason for a separate /boot partition is so you don't ever run the
> risk of having the kernel installed higher than cylinder 1024 on the
> drive. Life is ALOT easier if you plan ahead.
>
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> Steve Philp
> Network Administrator
> Advance Packaging Corporation
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