Carlos E. R. wrote:
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The Monday 2007-12-03 at 13:07 -0000, Sid Boyce wrote:
That would be a step a long way back in time. I thought slicing and dicing a separate /boot partition went out with the need for steam trains, when PC BIOS restrictions meant you couldn't boot from a partition extending beyond the first 1024 cylinders.
Saying that is as if the politicians say that there is no need for protection or that your job and savings are secure :-P
The theory is that you do not need a separate boot partition. However... the truth is that in some scenarios it does help, and my xtall ball tells me this /may/ be one of those cases.
- -- Cheers, Carlos E. R.
Worth a try, using parted and squeezing /dev/sdb3 as /boot.
Thandk and Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org