Hello Thufir, > On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:25:06 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > > [*] On machines already set up with a separate /boot. On new installs > > I don't bother with a separate /boot, there's no real advantage, so I > > tend to stick with / (including /boot) swap and an LVM partition for > > everything else. > > Would you paste the output of fdisk -l or similar so I could see > concretely what you mean?
% fdisk -l /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 60801 488384001 5 Extended /dev/sda5 1 182 1461852 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda6 183 237 441756 fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sda7 238 19689 156248158+ fd Linux raid autodetect sda5 is swap, sda6 is a RAID1 partition containing root, sda7 has the LVM with everything else. -- Neil Bothwick As a computer, I find your faith in technology amusing.
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