From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp2.wanadoo.fr (smtp2.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.29]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A2E22BF0E for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 22:38:54 +1100 (EST) Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 12:47:19 +0100 To: Philippe Guyot Message-ID: <20050105114719.GB14332@pegasos> References: <33721.82.10.231.190.1104781370.squirrel@82.10.231.190> <33151.82.10.231.190.1104878355.squirrel@82.10.231.190> <20050105090318.GA12317@pegasos> <200501051049.19225.pguyot@cvf.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 In-Reply-To: <200501051049.19225.pguyot@cvf.fr> From: Sven Luther Cc: Ulrich Teichert , linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org, mikemartin@linux.ca Subject: Re: 43p-140 install issues List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 10:49:19AM +0100, Philippe Guyot wrote: > > BTW, i have another question. I am trying to fix debian-installer to create > > the prep partition, but i would like to have some info on the expected > > constraints of said partition. Some tell it has to be entirely in the first > > 8MB, others the first 5MB, and my powerstack has a 17MB boot partition > > right now. > > > All I can say, it's that my boot PReP partition is the 1st and about 4 MB in > size (cannot size it less than 1% of the disk.....) > second partition is / > third is swap. BTW, for debian, it makes more sense to have the second partition as swap, and the third as /, i think, since it was decided some time back to default to root=/dev/sda3, and not sda2. > That works for me. Until the kernel grows beyond 4MB. Friendly, Sven Luther