you mean grub can use reiserfs with /boot? ----------------------------------------------- who watches the watchmen? ----- Original Message ----- From: "CHEONG, Shu Yang [Patrick]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 6:03 AM Subject: RE: /boot
I have read somewhere on the Net that the newer lilo can now handle beyond the 1024 cyclinder barrier....can anyone confirm this to be true... A question tha I have:- I noticed that grub comes on the 2.2 cds....after I dpkg -i...how do I remove lilo and configure and use grub instead to boot my linux box....which have all but /boot running reiserfs.... Patrick Cheong Information Systems Assurance Measat Broadcast Network Systems e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit us at: http://www.astro.com.my > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthias Mann [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2000 5:33 PM > To: ColdWater; debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: /boot > > Hi, you will need the files in /boot bevore cylinder 1024, because your > BIOS > can´t read anything after this border. And the BIOS starts the booting. If > you like to install Linux and another OS like M$-Windows on one harddisk, > it > is recommended to create an own partition for /boot. I have 8 MB for this. > That is more then enough cause the files in /boot takes 1 MB. If you like > to > install only Debian on your harddisk you don´t need this /boot-partition. > But you must set the partition / at the beginnig of your harddisk. This is > neccessary. Cause this is then the bootpartition too and needs a beginning > bevore cylinder 1024. > > Matthias > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: ColdWater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2000 2:50 AM > Subject: /boot > > > > List, > > > > First of all, hi to everyone! > > Now... > > I've finished my download of CD-Binary 1 and i'm ready to install Debian > > Potato. I'm reading the manuals and, after some How-tos I intend to > install > > it. (Erase the Red Hat and put it on; leaving Win); > > I have a little question and I hope someone from the list could help me > with > > it. > > Even with the boot in before the 1024cil, is it recomended to to create > a > > /boot partion? > > Is it good, bad or it does not matter? What about it's size. 10Mb is > enough? > > > > Thanks! > > Custodio, L. C. - Brazil! > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
