From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mh2.cvf.fr (unknown [213.56.76.234]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B35F72BF17 for ; Thu, 6 Jan 2005 00:59:29 +1100 (EST) From: Philippe Guyot To: Sven Luther Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 15:02:17 +0100 References: <33721.82.10.231.190.1104781370.squirrel@82.10.231.190> <200501051049.19225.pguyot@cvf.fr> <20050105114719.GB14332@pegasos> In-Reply-To: <20050105114719.GB14332@pegasos> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <200501051502.17519.pguyot@cvf.fr> 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 Wednesday 05 January 2005 12:47, Sven Luther wrote: > 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. Yes, I did that on my two 150. > > > That works for me. > > Until the kernel grows beyond 4MB. > Friendly. Felipe