On Wednesday 07 November 2007 10:41:58 pm Chris G wrote: > On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 01:16:51AM +0700, Strong wrote: > > On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 11:00:59 -0500 "Lamar Owen" <lowen@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I have typically partitioned with four partitions: > > > 200MB or so /boot > > > swap equal to RAM size on late 2.6 kernels > > > 8-10GB / > > > remainder /home > > > > Could You explain/argument the partitioning, please? > > 1. Why separate /boot? > > Fedora install does that all by itself given a blank unpartitioned > disk. I think it's because it's easier for grub to have its own > partition that's not an LVM partition. > > -- > Chris Green Grub dosn't understand LVM so it has to be separate (if / is on an LVM Logical Volume) -- Benjamin Lewis Fedora Ambassador ben.lewis@xxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- http://benl.co.uk./ PGP Key: 0x647E480C "In cases of major discrepancy, it is always reality that got it wrong" -- RFC 1118
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