Suse 9.0 installation and boot partition

evilpanda123 · 04-21-2004, 03:16 PM

I'm read tons of documentation on recommended partitioning of Linux. This is what I should have:

/ (root)
swap partition
/boot

While installing Suse 9.0, it proposed me a partition scenario, with only / and swap, no boot partition. Why? I've read some threads in here of people not mentionning their /boot partition. Is /boot absolutely necessary? Please explain....

Also /boot must be in the first 1024 cylinders of our drive. Am I wrong by saying that the MBR = first 1024 cylinders = /boot partition?

Thanks for your help!

Caeda · 04-21-2004, 03:22 PM

Oy, this is a real leap of logic huh?
Suse 9.0 starts right up into the install... and doesnt give you a /boot...
So.. from this we gather.
/boot, is not a necessary partition for linux! Whee! Problem solved!

evilpanda123 · 04-22-2004, 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Caeda
Oy, this is a real leap of logic huh?
Suse 9.0 starts right up into the install... and doesnt give you a /boot...
So.. from this we gather.
/boot, is not a necessary partition for linux! Whee! Problem solved!

Cool. Can someone else answer with more details my questions?

Thanks!