On 2008/01/04 20:02 (GMT+0100) jdd apparently typed: > Felix Miata a écrit :
>> On 2008/01/04 15:57 (GMT+0100) jdd apparently typed: >>> there are no mor reason to make a separate folder for /boot (except >>> may be on lvm systems). >> Reasons remain, though necessity does not. As >> http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs/grub spells out, a HD0 primary partition for Grub >> to live on (which need not normally be mounted as /boot) is preferable to >> needing Grub in the MBR, while the location (primary or logical, HD0 or >> otherwise) generally makes no matter for / or any other native partition. > this -very interesting- page say that grub should stay on a primary > marked bootable, no mention of /boot. There are a bunch of implications of it making no mention. Any time you have multiboot, maximizing flexibility to recover from and avoid accidents is prudent. Keeping Grub on a primary, regardless what type or how many other partitions you have, is one way to do this. A Grub on primary partition need not normally be mounted, and indeed if not normally mounted, it remains quite safe against erring installation programs, erring upgrade utilities, and erring objects located between display and chair. The primary with Grub on it need not have any kernels or initrds on it, but certainly can. > and this is not the usual Linux way, so worth to mention The usual Linux way (boot loader on MBR) is no less rude than the common windoz installation behavior Linux multibooters so often complain about - writing as and what it pleases to the MBR. When you use a Linux native primary partition, and put Grub on it, your potential windoz writing to MBR problem disappears. You might need to reset the active partition after a doz install, but there is no damage that can't be very easily fixed very quickly with any number of commonly available tools - including with doz' FDISK. -- "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." John 1:1 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
