partitioning new installation

[Walter Dnes]

On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 06:16:48PM -0500, Chris Aitken wrote

> I wasn't aware that newer machines didn't require /boot...

  Linux will create a *DIRECTORY* by that name.  No need for a separate
patition, however.  Older machines only need ed it because their BIOS's,
which handle the boot process, couldn't read the entire hard drive.

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