size limit for root partion

[Tech W.]

--- On Sun, 24/5/09, Kumaresh P <kumaresh81 at yahoo.co.in> wrote:

> From: Kumaresh P <kumaresh81 at yahoo.co.in>
> Subject: Re: size limit for root partion
> To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list at redhat.com>
> Received: Sunday, 24 May, 2009, 12:00 PM
> Hi,
> 
> ext3 can support upto a max of 2^^31-1 blocks which
> translates to ~16TB.
> 
> I would recommend a separate partition of 100MB for /boot
> as a best practice.
> 


Why a separate /boot? Thanks.



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