Robert Goodwin wrote: > hi there, > > a while ago i asked about installing linux on a large drive in a system that > does not support LBA. somebody replied that such a thing would not be a > problem but likely i would have to make the root partition containing the > kernel smaller in order to accomodate lilo. > > what i'm wondering is how i would then go about putting the rest of the > directory trees like /usr /var /etc all on the other large partition. does > /etc have to be on the small partition as well for fstab and the other start > up files? how can i mount multiple directory structures in one partition > mounted off root. obviously i'm a little confused. > > does someone think they could understand what i'm getting at and maybe > clarify a little. a sample fstab would probably help alot too.
Ok. The issue we are dealing with here is that your BIOS won't support drives >500 mb. So, since LILO uses BIOS calls to load the kernel, you have to have the kernel on a partition <=500mb. Once the kernel is loaded, it no longer needs the BIOS calls, and anything else can be as large as you want. Personally, I have my systems set up with a pretty small root partition (20-60mb), a medium-sized /usr (200mb) a small-to-medium /var (60-100mb depending on the logging requirements & such) and _large_ /home and /opt partitions (1+gb) - then i symlink /usr/local to /opt. /boot (where the kernels live) is on the (small) root partition, so LILO is happy. /etc is tiny, so it also lives on the root. hope this helps clear things up a little. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
