Charles A Edwards wrote:
>
> > > >
> >
> > You've got the right idea, but your numbers are WAY off.
> >
> > /boot = 15MB you only need enough room for the kernel and it'll bever
> > be big enough to need all 15 MB. Not to mention that anything more than
> > that will be bigger than the kernel will ever get.
> >
> > /home = at least 500MB
> >
> > / (root) =
> > /usr = } I would split the remainder up amongst these three, although
> > there really isn't any reason to have these three separate.
> >
> > a config like this will work great on 4GB
> >
> > /boot = 15 MB
> > /home = 500MB # mine is 3GB - planning for the future never hurts.
> > / (root) the rest
> >
> > having the /home dir on it's own partition affords me the luxurey of
> > refomatting and doing a fresh install and leaving ALL my data files
> > intact and untouched when doing so.
> > /usr/local =
> > --
> > Mark
> >
>
> Since 7.1 does not use a boot partition what is the reasoning behind still
> creating one.
>
> Charles
it will use one if you intend on using LILO which can't see beyond
cylinder 1024. Anything beyond that and LILO will not pass the correct
info to the kernel and the kernel will skitz! You can use Grub if you
wish to get around this limitation of LILO, or as I'm told there is a
new version of LILO out that doesn't have this 1024 deficiency. But, all
in all, creating a 15MB /boot partition and setting up LILO isn't really
a burdon and actually allows the system to boot faster in some
application.
--
Mark
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