Re: size limit for root partion




--- On Sun, 24/5/09, Kumaresh P <kumaresh81@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Kumaresh P <kumaresh81@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: size limit for root partion
To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Received: Sunday, 24 May, 2009, 12:00 PM
Hi,

ext3 can support upto a max of 2^^31-1 blocks which
translates to ~16TB.

I would recommend a separate partition of 100MB for /boot
as a best practice.



Why a separate /boot? Thanks.



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