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Re: partition this thing!



On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Kenneth Scharf wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 09:17:09PM -0400, Chris Ruvolo
> wrote:
> > At 11:02 PM 9/26/99 +0300, you wrote:

> > >This is my first try at more than swap and /.   
> tiny /boot, giant
> > >/home, right?  Anyone feel like helping?

> having the kernel on a separtate small partition at
> the begining of the disk is a standard way to insure
> that the bios and lilo will be able to load the kernel
> even though the disk is larger than 1024 cylinders. 
> This is the method that Redhat recommends in their

This is true.

There is more than one way to peel your veggies, though.

I'd recommend a small root partition on the rim and 
forgo having another (/boot) partition critical to
booting.

rob
rir@mediaone.net


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