On Sun, 4 Nov 2007, Namita Iyer wrote: > Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 18:53:40 +0530 > From: Namita Iyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [twincling] /boot query > > Saifi Khan wrote: > > Hi all: > > > > Here is a query regarding /boot > > > > Recently, saw a discussion on IRC, where folks talked about > > > > /boot being required if one is using LVM2 > > > > /boot being optional, if one is using > > ext2/3 or reiser for the root partition. > > > > Any thoughts or experiences with tweaking /boot ? > > > > > > thanks > > Saifi. > > > Hi Saifi, > > The bootloader and kernel images need to be on a physical partition > (which will be marked as boot/active partition in the partition table). > Till the kernel loads, the LVM will not come into picture to interpret > the volumes. > > Of course, the name of the partition can be anything (not necessarily > /boot). > > Namita >
Okay, i'm trying to work my way from the boot loader side. The name "/boot" is required because somewhere the boot loader has assumed this or that it will just select the partition marked active (*) As an example, /dev/sda2 is the boot partition Disk /dev/sda: 60.0 GB, 60022480896 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7297 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 262 2104483+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda2 * 263 1568 10490445 83 Linux /dev/sda3 1569 7297 46018192+ 83 Linux Does the boot loader, say GRUB know '/boot' or '/dev/sda2' ? Another query, i have is that, how many physical partitions would LVM2 make ? One big one and then map all the virtual groups into that one. How does it work ? thanks Saifi.
