> I have a copy of Running Linux but it does not really discuss pros and cons of > creating a /boot partition versus just most stuff in /. Well, the only real reason this was ever done is because of 1024 cylinder weirdness. But thats not a problem on new systems. Until something similar pops up. Bleh. The only other reason to do it is because lilo does weird things trying to boot off a reiserfs partition. I've been lead to believe some people have gotten it working, but I can't get it to work right. It just skips the prompt and goes straight to booting the kernel, without handing it any args... But then a smarter bootloader like GRUB is the 'right' way to fix it...