Hi there,
If you insist on a separate /boot then around 5 Mb should be
quite sufficient (even that is a little bit of overkill!).
On Wed, 05 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> Hi Denis,
>
> The /boot partition isn't needed at all in 7.1 ? While I didn't try
> otherwise during the install, I thought you would be required to indicate
> a " / "and " /boot " partition, at a minimum, just that the /boot did
> not need to be above 1024 cylinders. What would you do during the
> installation , to indicate where you boot from ?
>
> Thnx,
> philomena
>
> At 08:48 PM 7/5/00 +0200, you wrote:
> >:~>When I installed LM 7.1 I let it set the three LM partition sizes (/,
> >/boot,
> >:~>and swap). Of the 5 GB available, it assigned about 1.4 GB to the /boot
> >:~>partition. Now I've heard that you only need 10 MB for /boot. Am I
> >wasteing
> >:~>1.4 GB? Thanks.
> >
> >AFAIK, there is no need for a /boot in 7.1 anymore since 1024 cyl
> >limit does not exist anymore. So best size for it should be 0.
> >
> >cu
> > Denis
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