Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (295 mails)

["Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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.

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