partitioning problems when trying to install Fedora Core 3

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

On February 3, 2005 12:07, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> There is no need for a seperate /boot on any modern PC.  Only back when
> there was trouble with 512, 2G or 8G drives did you really need one when
> using a drive larger than that.  Any machine built in the last 5 years
> should certainly work fine without it (heck my 1992 486 with a 95 BIOS
> works with drives up to 137G without a /boot)

I like the idea of isolating the kernel(s) on a separate partition and having 
it nomount and ext2. In the event of a dirty shutdown, that which is not 
mounted is not likely to get corrupted.
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