Re: [newbie] Does Linux use the Bios for Harddrives?

[John Aldrich]

On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, you wrote:
> What's the sence to set up different mount points for / , /usr ,  /home ,
> /anything_else if all of them are located on a single harddrive. I can
> understand this steps for /boot 'cause it must be located in first 1023
> cyls, but what about / , /usr  do you really need the separate diskspaces?
> 
> It looks like disk partitions under DOS/Windows, but the ideo of splitting
> disks there is separating and more comfortable storage of information. At
> the same time all the mount points you make are connected do the same
> directory tree... I do not understand the sence of it...
> 
Well, it makes it easier to re-install w/o wiping out your
user directories, etc, from what I understand....