On 4/24/06, Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > To add, a /boot partition is not required. Linux can boot from either > > a primary partition or a logical partition. > > Hmm. I didn't know GRUB could boot from a logical partition. Actually the last I recall both grub and lilo could do this for quite some time now. I think I've been doing it since RH9(?). I would always keep an unused /boot primary partition, but I never used it. Since my last hard drive installation, I've completely eliminated the /boot partition. > But grub can't boot from an LVM logical volume. I (and the FC5 installer) > generally put everything possible in an LVM except for a small /boot > partition (though I have more separate partitions in the LVM than the > installer's default). That way, I can resize filesystems easily later on. I do not know LVM that well. If I had (1) NTFS for windows, (2) /boot, (3) swap and (4) LVM ... then can these all be primary partitions? -Mauriat
