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Re: boot partition too big ??

#1937
From: Josue Calvo Perez
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 00:00
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Keep your boot partition at or below 1GB.  And use the other two GB 
for the /usr directory or whatever.
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On 3/7/00, 1:00:05 AM, "Chenome" <chenome@mweb.co.za> wrote regarding 
boot partition too big ??:


> Hi there.

> I recently got ahold of Redhat linux 6.1.
> Im fairly new to linux, I would like to know why each time I try to 
install,
> it says boot partition too big. Even if i dont create a boot partition 
and
> just create a root and swap partition, I cant carry on without it.

> ive got a 16 gig harddrive, 13 gigs is used for windows, and I left 
the rest
> of the space unpartitioned for RH linux.

> How can I solve this problem ?, how do I go about ?.

> Pls and many thanks

> Derek
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