[olug] OT: Setting LBA on a Compaq DL320 G2?

[Obi-Wan]

> Do you have a separate boot/root filesystem?
> 
> If you setup /boot as a separate filesystem of ~100MB(whatever you  
> want to store kernels) on the first part of the drive, it will not  
> matter what size drive you are using, because the kernel will take  
> over once loaded.

Good point.  I've been doing that for so long that I forgot that the
lack of a separate /boot gave us trouble when ProLiant drives started
getting bigger.  I've found 100MB to be on the small side if you like
to keep a selection of kernels on hand.  I use 256MB on all my servers.

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