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4    <sect2><title>Partitioning for &arch-title;</title>  
5      <sect2 arch="hppa"><title>Partitioning for &arch-title;</title>
6  <para>  <para>
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8  PALO, the HPPA boot loader, requires a partition of type "F0" somewhere  PALO, the HPPA boot loader, requires a partition of type <quote>F0</quote> somewhere
9  in the first 2GB.  This is where the boot loader and an optional kernel  in the first 2GB.  This is where the boot loader and an optional kernel
10  and RAMdisk will be stored, so make it big enough for that -- at least  and RAMdisk will be stored, so make it big enough for that &mdash; at least
11  4Mb (I like 8-16Mb).  An additional requirement of the firmware is that  4Mb (I like 8&ndash;16MB).  An additional requirement of the firmware is that
12  the Linux kernel must reside within the first 2GB of the disk.  This  the Linux kernel must reside within the first 2GB of the disk.  This
13  is typically achieved by making the root ext2 partition fit entirely  is typically achieved by making the root ext2 partition fit entirely
14  within the first 2GB of the disk.  Alternatively you can create a small  within the first 2GB of the disk.  Alternatively you can create a small
15  ext2 partition near the start of the disk and mount that on  ext2 partition near the start of the disk and mount that on
16  <filename>/boot</filename>, since that is the directory where the Linux  <filename>/boot</filename>, since that is the directory where the Linux
17  kernel(s) will be stored.  <filename>/boot</filename> needs to be big enough  kernel(s) will be stored.  <filename>/boot</filename> needs to be big enough
18  to hold whatever kernels you might wish load; 8-16MB is generally  to hold whatever kernels you might wish load; 8&ndash;16MB is generally
19  sufficient.  sufficient.
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21  </para>  </para>
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22      </sect2>
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