what are the restrictions on bootable partitions?
jludwig
wralphie at comcast.net
Thu Apr 29 14:25:16 UTC 2004
On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 08:15, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> what are the restrictions on where i can install another linux distro
> onto my fedora core (actually, FC2-t3) system so that grub can find it?
> (even though this is a test version of fedora, this question actually
> refers to FC distros in general.)
>
> typically, for historical reasons, even when i use LVM, i create a small
> primary, ext3 filesystem for /boot, and use LVM for the rest of the drive.
> is there any compelling reason for doing this anymore? what's the
> recommended strategy for LVM? and need for a non-LVM filesystem on newer
> machines?
>
> and, on top of all this, i want to add at least one other distro to the
> system; in this case, xandros 2.0, for evaluation for a client. can i add
> this additional distro entirely within LVM and have grub still find it
> properly? i suspect yes, but i wanted to make sure before i spent all
> that installing. thanks.
>
> rday
The LVM BIOS negates the need for using the 'lower 1024'. I still do for
a few basic reasons including that this is usually (the inner cylinders)
where the most physical wear occurs because;
1) the resting cylinder is the innermost -- most wear debris here.
2) surface speed is the slowest, meaning less air gap
Having the kernel here this area is then, typically, only accessed once
every boot, lessening wear.
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jludwig <wralphie at comcast.net>
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