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Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4*
Intel® Server Board S5000PAL
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• A /boot/ partition (100 MB) — the partition mounted on /boot/ contains the operating system kernel
(which allows your system to boot Red Hat Enterprise Linux), along with files used during the
bootstrap process. Due to the limitations of most PC BIOSes, creating a small partition to hold these
files is a good idea. For most users, a 100 MB boot partition is sufficient.
Tip: If your hard drive is more than 1024 cylinders (and your system was manufactured more than
two years ago), you may need to create a /boot/ partition if you want the / (root) partition to use all
of the remaining space on your hard drive.
Tip: If you have a RAID card, be aware that some BIOSes do not support booting from the RAID card.
In cases such as these, the /boot/ partition must be created on a partition outside of the RAID array,
such as on a separate hard drive.