The root partition (/) typically includes /etc and other key
directories necessary for operation. The other filesystems are
mounted during the boot.
-- Jeff
On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, Rob Goodwin wrote:
>
>
> > 1024 cylinders listed in your BIOS, then a small /boot partition at the
> > very start of the drive is a must.
>
> I'm not sure i understand how this works exactly.. if you have a small
> partition that only holds your kernel (or does it hold more) then how does
> it find the /etc directory with the fstab in it to know how to mount
> everything else? or is that in the kernel somehow? or maybe i
> misunderstand?
>
> rob
>
>
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