[rescue] Biggest drives (and SVM) in a U60?

[Jones, Andrew I]

>Message: 2
>Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 23:32:47 -0400
>From: Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>
>Subject: Re: [rescue] Biggest drives (and SVM) in a U60?
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>Tue, 23 May 2006 @ 18:35 +0100, Mike Meredith said:
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>> As it happens, Linux implements the UnixWare boot filesystem in about
>> 1000 lines (including Makefile),
>
>What are you talking about here?
>
>Linux has no boot filesystem at all.
>
>You can create one, but it isn't a requirement.

A separate /boot filesystem is practically a requirement on modern Linux
systems.  I make a habit of setting things up with XFS on my home machine,
with an ext2 boot that includes a miniroot with recovery tools.  Kind of like
the old SGI EFS volhdr, XFS root.