Re: Bootloader for Sarge - partitions
hi ya micha
On Sun, 19 Sep 2004, Micha Feigin wrote:
> > > > - /boot should NOT be a separate partition
> > >
>
> That NOT true. The right line today is
> /boot no longer needs to be a separate partition.
okay ... i'll bite ...
> It used to be required due to bios limitations on the location of the
> system on the disk, but that requirement was removed so ...
> Its sometimes a problem to have lilo/grub on the second HD or the
> second/third/... controllers, but thats less and less true also.
but if one still has a klunky old pc that one keeps using
instead of buying the latest greates p4-3.8G ... or dual0opteroons
to be a dns server or mail server.. one will still run into the
bios problems ... having /boot a separate partion or not will
depend on where the "rootfs" is loaded due to that bios limiation
having /boot in /dev/hda1 or under 1024 won't help you ...
since the rest of the the /bin /dev /lib is in /dev/hda1000
well above 1024 cylinder ... with windoze stuck inbetween ..
( its unlikely to have /boot vastly different that a mere 64MB or
( 128MB for themain rootfs that you care about
> I have to admit I can't follow your reasoning here. Whats the relation
> between a separate boot partition and the ability to boot in single
> user mode or access the partition from a live-cd and relatives?
one learns the hardway ... single use is important to some and not to
others ...
in my book .. any machine that does not support single user mode
or init 2 or init 3 or init 5 or init 0 or init 6 is a throw away machine
- and even worst if one has to sit there and wait for e2fsck
to finish checking the whole silly 300GB before youc an wiggle
the keys at 3AM
having /boot in a different partition will NOT help you any
you can always boot from floppy or cd w/o having /boot on the hd
c ya
akvin
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