Re: [tlug] new computer configuration

[Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>]

B0Ti wrote:
> Josh Glover wrote:
> 
> 
>>B0Ti wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 23:49:57 -0700 (PDT)
>>>nitin kakkar <nitin_kakkar@example.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>    A) /boot ext3  for linux boots
>>>>      D)  ext3 for linux /
>>>
>>>A is wasted. Why not merge A and D?
>>
>>I don't follow. Why is A wasted?
> 
> 
> Either
> a) I misunderstood his question
> b) you didn't follow the thread or didn't bother to read it from the
> start.
> 
> If it's "a", then I apologize. Thought the question was how to squeeze
> more OSes into 4 primary partitions.

I hope it is a). Otherwise, I missed the bit about four primary
partitions. If so, I apologise.

I asked this because, in general, it is good to make /boot a separate
partition so you can throw the "noauto" option into /etc/fstab.


-- 
Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>

Associate Systems Administrator
INCOGEN, Inc.