Why such a large boot partition?

nugui · 11-13-2003, 06:59 AM

Why is the recommended size of the /boot partition size so large? 100mb?
In my 1.1gb RH9 install I have only a 16mb /boot partition with only 6.0mb of data in it.
When I had a 1.6gb install I had only 9.1 mb of data.

The RH9 Disk Druid warns against going below 75mb.

Seems like 100mb is excessive.

Something I'm missimg here?

Zerodark · 11-13-2003, 08:49 AM

when you upgrade your kernel, the old one isn't deleted from /boot, it is just given a new extension (.old). leaving more space allows for more upgrades. you can delete the old ones, but it could be bad to do that because that is like a fallback in case the new kernel is messed up somehow.

nugui · 11-13-2003, 07:59 PM

Thanks, that makes sense.

crashmeister · 11-13-2003, 08:21 PM

You need at least one cylinder and thats what mine gets - there is no way in hell you'll need 75 mb for /boot except you are a kernel dev.