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Browse All TopicsShould the /boot partition should be as large as possible to allow the kernel
optimal memory to run in?
Should the /usr partition be as large as possible to accommodate
installed applications?
Can Linux mount a fat 32 filesystem?
What partition(s) will Linux mount automatically even in safe mode?
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by: ahoffmannPosted on 2002-04-11 at 08:16:09ID: 6934246
> /boot
should be as small as possible, for example 10MB are enough (except you plan to have dozents of kernels parallel)
> /usr
should be large, 'cause most additional application install there, for example in /usr/local, or in /opt
> fat32
Yes it can mount (vfat)
> mount automatically
don't understand what you mean, but it mounts "automatically" anything needed (/), anything specified in /etc/fstab, anything requested by automounter