size limit for root partion
Kumaresh P
kumaresh81 at yahoo.co.in
Thu May 28 18:46:50 UTC 2009
Apologies for the delay.
A separate partition mounted as a read-only will protect against any accidental changes to the /boot partition. If you want to make a change to the boot options, you'll have to make a conscious remount with r/w. Just an added precaution.
Regards,
--- On Mon, 25/5/09, Tech W. <techwww at yahoo.com.cn> wrote:
From: Tech W. <techwww at yahoo.com.cn>
Subject: Re: size limit for root partion
To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list at redhat.com>
Date: Monday, 25 May, 2009, 8:05 AM
--- On Sun, 24/5/09, Kumaresh P <kumaresh81 at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> From: Kumaresh P <kumaresh81 at yahoo.co.in>
> Subject: Re: size limit for root partion
> To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list at redhat.com>
> Received: Sunday, 24 May, 2009, 12:00 PM
> Hi,
>
> ext3 can support upto a max of 2^^31-1 blocks which
> translates to ~16TB.
>
> I would recommend a separate partition of 100MB for /boot
> as a best practice.
>
Why a separate /boot? Thanks.
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