On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Gertjan Klein wrote: > On Tue, 8 Jun 1999 00:03:39 -0500 (CDT), Brad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >1. If i understand things correctly, /, /boot, /lib, /bin, /sbin, /dev, > > parts of /etc, and maybe /root should be on one partition below the > > 1024th cyl for hysterical reasons, which do apply in my case. Do i > > understand correctly? > > The only thing that needs to be below the 1024th cylinder is the > kernel (vmlinuz) and LILO's second stage boot loader. Once the kernel > is loaded it accesses the harddisk with it's own drivers and doesn't > care about any 1024 cylinder limit.
Yes, but the kernel needs to be able to access mount in /bin, init in /sbin, the libraries in /lib to run those two, and the config files (init.d/, fstab, etc) /etc, and /dev to find the extra partitions to mount. /root is there for a single-user boot, so root has a home directory even if nothing else can be mounted. The problem with the partition spanning the 1024th cyl, what if installing a new kernel chooses a part of the partition above the limit? Therefore, it seems safest to keep the entire partition under the line.
