On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Jim Travnick wrote:
>
> Im looking at what Ive wrote and i get this funny feeling i have "/" and
> "/boot" mixed up which I think would solve my problem lest thats what I
> think am i right? Should "/boot be the partition for booting Linux? and "/"
> where the system goes? Like i said earlyer Im still trying to learn this.
> Thanks
> Jim
>
>
Yes, /boot is for booting Linux. The information in the /boot directory
has to be accessable using the system's BIOS. The / directory is the base
for everything installed on the system. It doesn't need to be accessable
by the system's BIOS. It just needs to be accessable to the kernel once
it is loaded. (By drivers build into the kernel, or on the initial RAM
disk.) It gets more interesting because you can have other disk partatios
mounted off of / - they may be on the same drive, a different drive, or
even on a different computer. The main things that have to be part of /
on bootup are the /bin, /sbin, /lib, and /etc directories. Directories
like /home, /usr, and /var can be mounted later.
Mikkel
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Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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