Re: [cobalt-users] Root volume too full

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Tomas Garcia Ferrari wrote:
> 
> Is normal to have the kernel 'floating' on the root level? In other servers
> this is under /boot...

Yes, on older versions of linux it lived in / in the old SYSV style, in
newer versions it's in /boot so you can have /boot as astandalone mount
point if you want...eg you can bring up the machine with only / and /boot
mounted, so you can fix all the rest of the filesystems. Of course, this
is pointless on the Raq's without a console ;P

Part of the reason for originally putting it in / is it doesn't matter
what filesystems you mount, you have a boot kernel regardless of the disk
layout, however it's also messy for folks who maintain multiple kernel
versions on the same machine, and slightly more 'hazard prone' ;)

gsh