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@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Tech W. <techwww@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: size limit for root partion To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Monday, 25 May, 2009, 8:05 AM --- On Sun, 24/5/09, Kumaresh P <kumaresh81@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Kumaresh P <kumaresh81@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: size limit for root partion > To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > 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. Need a Holiday? Win a $10,000 Holiday of your choice. Enter now..http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylc=X3oDMTJxN2x2ZmNpBF9zAzIwMjM2MTY2MTMEdG1fZG1lY2gDVGV4dCBMaW5rBHRtX2xuawNVMTEwMzk3NwR0bV9uZXQDWWFob28hBHRtX3BvcwN0YWdsaW5lBHRtX3BwdHkDYXVueg--/SIG=14600t3ni/**http%3A//au.rd.yahoo.com/mail/tagline/creativeholidays/*http%3A//au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset/%3Fp1=other%26p2=au%26p3=mailtagline -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list Bollywood news, movie reviews, film trailers and more! Go to http://in.movies.yahoo.com/ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subjecthttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
