Re: [SLE] partition size ??
- From: James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 09:21:26 -0400
Jerry Feldman wrote:
On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 20:16:28 -0400
James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
64 MB for /boot is also a bit much. I have a 15 MB partition for mineI rarely use /boot at all, and simply use the directory in the root
and it's barely half full.
file system. There are pros and cons to /boot.
In the days when hard drives were getting bigger, but LILO had the
restriction where the kernel must be in a cylinder < 1024, a /boot
partition was very necessary to keep it in the first 1024. This is no
longer necessary, especially with GRUB.
But, there is another good reason for /boot to be separate, and that is
that it is less prone to errors, especially if you keep it unmounted,
even in the case of a failing hard drive you may still be able to boot.
Another reason is LVM. /boot cannot be on a LVM partition.
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