On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Rafael Skodlar <[email protected]> wrote:
> /boot was added because of crappy BIOS that was not able to handle > cylinders beyond 1024 years ago. That's not needed anymore and makes no > sense either. What good is it booting kernel from /boot and then fail to > access core utilities (fdisk, fsck, df, etc.) on another partition to > fix the system. /boot never contains end-user executables. Besides the 1024 cyl limitation, another reason was multibooting: you could keep boot files for several Linux/Unix and Windows systems in one place; that's why /boot usually uses the FAT filesystem, which is understood by all systems without having to install foreign filesystem modules. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
