On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 09:17:09PM -0400, Chris Ruvolo > wrote: > > At 11:02 PM 9/26/99 +0300, you wrote:
> > >This is my first try at more than swap and /. > tiny /boot, giant > > >/home, right? Anyone feel like helping? > having the kernel on a separtate small partition at > the begining of the disk is a standard way to insure > that the bios and lilo will be able to load the kernel > even though the disk is larger than 1024 cylinders. > This is the method that Redhat recommends in their This is true. There is more than one way to peel your veggies, though. I'd recommend a small root partition on the rim and forgo having another (/boot) partition critical to booting. rob [EMAIL PROTECTED]