On Tue, 8 Jun 1999 10:06:33 -0500 (CDT), Brad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Gertjan Klein wrote: > >> The only thing that needs to be below the 1024th cylinder is the >> kernel (vmlinuz) and LILO's second stage boot loader > >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. The kernel can access all these files even if they are above the 1024 cylinder limit. I'm not suggesting you shouldn't put them together; I merely pointed out the strictly technical requirements. >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. True. Like I said, LBA mode is one way to achieve that; partitioning is an equally valid one. Gertjan. -- Gertjan Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Boot Control home page: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gklein/bcpage.html
