From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id j1LKp5K11634 for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:51:05 -0500 Received: from smtp12.wanadoo.fr (smtp12.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.20]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j1LKp3fZ019452 for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:51:03 -0500 Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1207.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 7B79B1C000E2 for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 21:50:57 +0100 (CET) Received: from tangerine.coulon.evette (ADijon-151-1-26-249.w83-194.abo.wanadoo.fr [83.194.122.249]) by mwinf1207.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id BFB9B1C000AD for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 21:50:55 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by tangerine.coulon.evette with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1D3KVx-0004el-IG for linux-lvm@redhat.com; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 21:50:45 +0100 Received: from tangerine.coulon.evette ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tangerine [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 16974-01 for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 21:50:36 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=tangerine) by tangerine.coulon.evette with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1D3KVo-0004eN-VG for linux-lvm@redhat.com; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 21:50:36 +0100 Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:50:36 +0000 From: "Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh)" Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] bootloader questions References: <1109018274.4532.14.camel@rich> In-Reply-To: <1109018274.4532.14.camel@rich> (from rich@storix.com on Mon Feb 21 21:37:54 2005) Message-Id: <1109019036l.14910l.1l@tangerine> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-V5awt/RUhlbig03hjLnU" Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: To: linux-lvm@redhat.com --=-V5awt/RUhlbig03hjLnU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; DelSp=Yes; Format=Flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Le 21.02.2005 21:37:54, rich turner a =E9crit=A0: > if i have root(/) on a logical volume, is it required that i have > /boot > on a separate filesystem? does /boot have to be a partition? >=20 > the boot loaders i need to support are lilo and grub. do the answers > to > the above question vary if i use lilo or grub? both lilo and grub can boot the root filesystem as a logical volume. but grub cannot boot /boot from a logical volume. With lilo it can either be a separate lv, a partition, a disk, what you =20 what. With grub it should be outside of the logical volume manager =20 (IIRC, there is a patch for grub to use /boot on a LV but I've never =20 found/tried it) >=20 > thanks for the help Regards Jean-Luc --=-V5awt/RUhlbig03hjLnU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBCGkmcUdGGXzzGnNARAn77AJ4qzCftEJNNYZSuRUwJcrL+fqE58ACeLaVr x/G49yfNChyqCVqw/mF6VO4= =WfF9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-V5awt/RUhlbig03hjLnU--