Re: GAH! Kernel release 2.6.14-1.1653_FC4 caused me problems!
On Wed, 14 Dec 2005, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
Daniel B. Thurman writes:
> I have everything installed in a single large partition. Why is it,
> that this was not a problem in the previous releases until now? Why
Because your previous kernels' images happen to exist on the disk below the
BIOS server's limit.
> the requirement that /boot be in it's own partition? This makes no
> real sense to me
That makes perfect sense. This is the only way to guarantee that the
individual files on those partitions will not fall outside of the
BIOS-imposed limit.
OK, I just got stunned by this. I'm not making /boot partitions since I
started using grub. I always that the grub could manage anyway with
kernels installed beyond the cylinder 1024.
How bad am I without /boot partition on a, say, P4 Xeon on an Intel
motherboard (bought a couple on months ago) with 2 SATA discs of 200GB?
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