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--- Felix Miata  wrote:
> rvgreen{at}telusplanet.net wrote:
>  
> > As far as I know,with a Linux /os2-eCS install and
> use,lilo goes in the
> > root of Linux
> 
> It (or Grub) goes in the /boot of Linux, which
> unless you create a
> separate /boot partition, is a directory in the /
> (root) of Linux. So,
> being in the "root" may or may not be technically
> correct, since a
> separate /boot partition doesn't become part of /
> via mounting until
> after the kernel is loaded, before / is mounted.
> 
> When I partition, nearly always I create /boot on
> /dev/xda5, swap on
> /dev/xda6, / on /dev/xda7, and F: (normal OS/2 boot)
> on /dev/xda10, and
> start the Linux loader from IBM BM on /dev/xda2.

Thanks. My preference for partitioning is: 1)Fat32
800mb 2)HPFS 800 mb 3)FAT16 4)FAT32 (ends at 1024
cylinders) 5)HPFS 6,7,8) Linux

Franklin

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