[Bug 88633] Re: /boot is on root partition by default

2007-03-08 Thread Steve Hill
> Note that old machines of the sort that are susceptible to this > problem are particularly likely to have disks small enough that > carving them up into more pieces is liable to create a usability > problem later. It seems that in cases of older systems then you have to choose between two probl

[Bug 88633] Re: /boot is on root partition by default

2007-03-07 Thread Steve Hill
Yes - looks like a dupe of #9006. It's worth noting that Fedora Core has always created a separate /boot by default and I've not heard any convincing arguments as to why this is a Bad Thing. -- /boot is on root partition by default https://launchpad.net/bugs/88633 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list u

[Bug 88633] /boot is on root partition by default

2007-02-28 Thread Steve Hill
Public bug reported: Using the alternative CD, the /boot directory is, by default, placed on the root filesystem instead of on it's own partition. The result is that data needed by GRUB can end up past cylinder 1024 on the drive which some systems will be unable to access at boot time. This is v