F7: partitioning HD at install

David Timms dtimms at iinet.net.au
Sat Jun 16 11:24:17 UTC 2007


Michael Klinosky wrote:
> Hello.
> I'm installing F7 on a system (it has FC6, which I'm 
> removing/reformatting).
> 
> I recall, from installing FC6, that /boot would get about 10 Meg (which 
> would be enough for a few old versions). F7 complains when I try that 
> size; says that it needs to be at least 75 Meg!
> 
> Can I ignore this warning, or did something change?
To fit the default two kernels you would currently need around 11MB. If 
you have xen kernels as well, you probably need more than double that.

 From memory it anaconda would default to 100MB, and give an ignorable 
warning if less than that.

I've stuck with 24/32MB on my machines.

DaveT.




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