Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 Jul 1999 16:31:58 +0100 (GMT) | From | Riley Williams <> | Subject | Re: In which order does the kernel deletes files? |
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Hi Ron.
>> mv /usr/src/v2.3.9/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage /vmlinuz239 will >> internally copy the file to the root to new sectors, than delete >> the old kernel. Result: The new image will be placed beyond >> the magic limit. The boot will fail
> The easiest way around this whole issue is to make a separate > /boot directory (small, about 8MB) partition that is physically > located below the 1024 cyl limit. Always place your boot images > here. Once you've done this, you will never have to worry about > such things-
I normally allocate 16M to /boot since on most of the drives I use, that corresponds to two [logical] cylinders, and that's the smallest number of cylinders that all versions of fdisk can reliably allocate to a partition...
Best wishes from Riley.
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