[LBo] Distros...

[Jim Westbrook]

Randy Kramer wrote:

>On Monday 07 May 2007 11:45 pm, Jason Armstrong wrote:
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>>This is subject to personal taste, but not what I would recommend.  You can 
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>I can see the advantages of making separate partitions for things 
>like /var, /usr/local, /<mydata>, and maybe a few others, but what are the 
>advantages of making a separate /boot?  (Assuming the 1024 limit on whatever 
>is no longer an issue--was that the original reason for a separate /boot?)
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Randy, I install a /boot partition because almost all of the "rescue 
cd's" anticipate an ext2 partition.  By having /boot as an ext2, I can 
readily access it to repair grub or switch kernels.

JimW