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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