Boot partion

[SteVe Cook]

Roby wrote:
> SteVe Cook wrote:
> 
>> Am I correct in thinking that once the kernel is loaded into memory the
>> disk image is no longer accessed.
>> The reason I ask, is that I have a rather slow 1GB drive sat doing
>> nothing and as I'm setting up and old machine as a server I thought I
>> could use it as /boot partition and save space on the other disk.
>>
>> SteVe
> The boot files occupy only about 5mB.  I suppose you could use the 
> remaining space for other files, but is the extra hardware and setup
> complication worth it?
> 
> 
> 
As it's just going to be a play machine the set-up etc. isn't a major 
problem.  It just seems a shame to have a drive sat about doing nothing.