Hi,
My question was a little off the topic - I didn't have the size question -
my question was that I didn't realize that you could setup an install
without a /boot partition, and was wondering how this was done.
Thx,
philomena
At 11:28 PM 7/5/00 +0000, you wrote:
>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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