Re: [hppa-linux] Partitioning proposal for boot loader

[Richard "J." Rauenzahn <rrauenza@cup.hp.com>]

> I propose that for the near-term, we use a simple PC-like partition scheme
> for HPPA/Linux. In the future, once Linux is up and running,
> we can work on co-existing with HP-UX on the same physical disk (see below
> for more on this). This will keep the bootloader very small and simple,
> and allow us to quickly move to working on the hard part, the actual kernel.

My personal opinion is that they should go on seperate physical disks.
If I install two versions of HPUX on a box, I use seperate disks.

If you want to put them on the same disk, this means you can't use LVM
under HPUX, or that Linux has to support HP's LVM.

Rich

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