You Are Installing Linux On An Old Computer With An Old Bios

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You Are Installing Linux On An Old Computer With An Old Bios

with an old BIOS, and you are planning out the partitions of the hard disk drive. Which of the following directories should exist in the first 1024 cylinders of the hard disk drive? /var /home /bin /boot
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/boot Explanation The /boot partition must be completely within the first 1024 cylinders on systems with older BIOS versions. This is because the disk is used via the BIOS during boot and BIOS can't handle more than 1024 cylinders. Newer versions of the BIOS can handle disks with more than 1024 cylinders.

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