Linux newbie: \boot partition

From: Link (pidgeot_at_n-club.dk)
Date: 10/29/03 

Date: 29 Oct 2003 12:15:31 -0800

Hi all!

I'm currently finishing the download of RH9 to make my Win98 machine a
dual boot. I have created a seperate partition for Linux (as you have
to do), set to about 10GB, but I need to know if I'll need a \boot
partition, and if yes, how big it should be. Also, I've heard that
I'll need to use a boot disk if the \boot partition isn't within the
first 528MB. Is this true, and if not, what should I do? I'll probably
be using Windows more, due to various reasons.

Please answer ASAP.

Link
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