On 04/14/2011 02:32 AM, Rafael Skodlar wrote: > Not true. You do not need /boot to boot any of multiple OSes installed > on the same system. Grub or LILO for that matter handled that just fine. > It was the BIOS limitation that required to have boot stuff under the > cylinder number 1024. Even that was bogus in a way as the firmware on > hard drives "translates cyl, hd, sec/track" for the BIOS default values. > I rarely setup /boot partition in last 15+ years on PCs. > > Special boot partition was never a requirement on most (DEC, HP) > mainframe or Unix minicomputers to boot up either. > > -- > Rafael
It while it may have used the FAT file system in the long lost past, /boot now is just a plain old directory under / with 755 permissions and 644 permissions on the files in the directory. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
