Re: Random partitioning questions
On Tue, 8 Jun 1999 10:06:33 -0500 (CDT), Brad <lists@anomie.dhs.org>
wrote:
>On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Gertjan Klein wrote:
>
>> The only thing that needs to be below the 1024th cylinder is the
>> kernel (vmlinuz) and LILO's second stage boot loader
>
>Yes, but the kernel needs to be able to access mount in /bin, init in
>/sbin, the libraries in /lib to run those two, and the config files
>(init.d/, fstab, etc) /etc, and /dev to find the extra partitions to
>mount.
The kernel can access all these files even if they are above the 1024
cylinder limit. I'm not suggesting you shouldn't put them together; I
merely pointed out the strictly technical requirements.
>The problem with the partition spanning the 1024th cyl, what if installing
>a new kernel chooses a part of the partition above the limit? Therefore,
>it seems safest to keep the entire partition under the line.
True. Like I said, LBA mode is one way to achieve that; partitioning
is an equally valid one.
Gertjan.
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Gertjan Klein <gklein@xs4all.nl>
The Boot Control home page: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gklein/bcpage.html
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