On 21 Oct, ColdWater wrote: > Even with the boot in before the 1024cil, is it recomended to to create a > /boot partion?
In the manual of SuSE Linux (German Distribution) it's recommended to create a /boot partition for all disks above 500MB. Debian defaults to no /boot partition. However, the File System Standard says that /boot is the place for all static files of the boot loader, the biggest of them (normally) is the kernel. IMHO, for a standalone workstation it doesn't really matter. A separate partition is good for servers since you can prohibit accessing it (mount it readonly). Since it's quite easy to create, it's always a good idea to create such a partition. > Is it good, bad or it does not matter? What about it's size. 10Mb is enough? About the size: Depends on your kernel, but 10MB surely is enough. On our small server we have a /boot partition of 5 MB, while 1.3MB are used (standard Debian installation, standard kernel). If you're going to install a kernel with huge multimedia support compiled in, you maybe need 10MB, I never checked that out. It's always a good way to use 1 block for the /boot partition, especially on large disks. You should place the /boot partition first on the disk, it's easier to administrate and you avoid problems such as 1024-cyl and the like. greetings... marco
