On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 08:15, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > what are the restrictions on where i can install another linux distro > onto my fedora core (actually, FC2-t3) system so that grub can find it? > (even though this is a test version of fedora, this question actually > refers to FC distros in general.) > > typically, for historical reasons, even when i use LVM, i create a small > primary, ext3 filesystem for /boot, and use LVM for the rest of the drive. > is there any compelling reason for doing this anymore? what's the > recommended strategy for LVM? and need for a non-LVM filesystem on newer > machines? > > and, on top of all this, i want to add at least one other distro to the > system; in this case, xandros 2.0, for evaluation for a client. can i add > this additional distro entirely within LVM and have grub still find it > properly? i suspect yes, but i wanted to make sure before i spent all > that installing. thanks. > > rday The LVM BIOS negates the need for using the 'lower 1024'. I still do for a few basic reasons including that this is usually (the inner cylinders) where the most physical wear occurs because; 1) the resting cylinder is the innermost -- most wear debris here. 2) surface speed is the slowest, meaning less air gap Having the kernel here this area is then, typically, only accessed once every boot, lessening wear. -- jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
