Jerry Feldman wrote:
On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 20:16:28 -0400 James Knott
wrote: 64 MB for /boot is also a bit much. I have a 15 MB partition for mine and it's barely half full. I rarely use /boot at all, and simply use the directory in the root 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. -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com