Do  I need /boot partition?

Forum: HD Install
Topic: Do  I need /boot partition?
started by: libretto

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Posted by libretto on May 06 2004,20:21

Hi there,

I'm looking to partition my server HDD. On my other dual boot machine (eg running win98se and mandrake 9.2) I have needed a 50MB /boot partition before the first 1024 bytes/sectors? on the HDD.

If were to partition my 20GB drive as below, would I still need this /boot partition at the beginning of the drive?

Part1: Win2K (NTFS ~1GB)
Part2: Files to be shared (NTFS ~18GB)
Part3: DSL HD install (~1GB)

Any suggestions welcome.

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Posted by SaidinUnleashed on May 06 2004,22:58

make the shared partition FAT32.

NTFS support on linux is flakey. writing to ntfs = loss of data about 45% of the time.

blame M$ for not releasing the specs for ntfs and making people reverse engineer it.

peace!

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Posted by libretto on May 08 2004,23:43

Thanks for the heads up, I was half thinking of that.

But still do I need a /boot partition at the beginning of the drive for DSL?

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Posted by CappyCaffeine on May 09 2004,01:12

no. all you need is a / and swap if your system supports LBA (large block addressing)


Cappy

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Posted by libretto on May 09 2004,15:47

Its for my miniPC (see my topic on the user feedback board), so that should have LBA. But will have to wait till after exams

Cheers for the advice

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