Ray wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 07:03:27AM -0700, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > > > > My idea was to partition as follows: > > > > #1 ext2 /boot containing only the boot image ~ 100mb > > #2 ntfs or vfat 4-5gb for windows > > #3 swap (128 -256mb) does 2.X support max swap size > 128mb now? > > #4 ext2 / rest of the disk (mount entire system here after image loads, > > then mount /boot) > > You may find that with a new motherboard (possibly with a bios upgrade if > its been on the shelf a while) you don't have to worry about the 1024 > cylinder limit. Otherwise I've also seen some (many) recent motherboards > that put that limit at around the 8GB point so putting your boot image > first might not be necessary.
I believe LILO still requires the image to be < 1024. Even if it doesn't though, it's nice to have your /boot isolated on a small partition. It's saved me twice in as many months. Bryan > > As someone else mentioned, have a look at vmware. > > -- > Ray > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
