From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 160101381F3 for ; Sat, 20 Jul 2013 22:39:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6CB42E09DB; Sat, 20 Jul 2013 22:39:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.195]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 594F8E09BA for ; Sat, 20 Jul 2013 22:39:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-208-231-133.ubr01a.rte20201.pa.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [66.208.231.133]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus2) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0McV0i-1Uj8x142oy-00HcDl; Sat, 20 Jul 2013 18:39:01 -0400 Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 17:38:59 -0500 From: Bruce Hill To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] SSD partitioning and migration Message-ID: <20130720223859.GC3387@server> References: <20130719200018.474e06af@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <51E9C5D2.1040108@gmail.com> <20130719202308.02520045@acme7.acmenet> <51EA3F5B.6000509@coolmail.se> <20130720085957.5fa06ca8@acme7.acmenet> <51EABA15.5020203@coolmail.se> <51EAECE8.2000805@gmail.com> <20130720224339.2052d82e@digimed.co.uk> <20130720220021.GB3387@server> <20130720232030.1dec73a1@digimed.co.uk> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130720232030.1dec73a1@digimed.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:O9t3pExETuSAiPqTSOxcsZg4cudKAUTrhH4ZGJ3i3yE AB6V/mSUJ/jjpTRB4gWMfoOs2eXD5C5VaQrdwDO+SjBpugspGM HKXW8h02lYySFkgy06JaHKESO2jzs05XHU9Xn2UGF1+MMj6K3S z0sxpCCCbzsSdfvhEMzYxwBuc82Y5K5tEExp1BAoju4RJHglBx uZ7EFtU9fgYqVCj1bEiq6w/fvuvX+NOiRvAT7n7L1iuliUTIWa izOsOZp8oAgCpZoGAKG7iWDNX3ZFQvLiHwlZefZXoVquHxB9eo 3SE+HLrtVXRE6TGtk86V834rbC5/xIssMS3UW0jwH/VaqbLZRN aZlcbUJcYpg9TfWvhQkc= X-Archives-Salt: f56e21a0-d24e-4ffa-90cd-235734897a98 X-Archives-Hash: dc9642247a5c53c44e98b29420f8ec7e On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 11:20:30PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > > Would you mind a short HOW-TO for that, including {lilo,grub}.conf? > > http://www.sysresccd.org/Sysresccd-manual-en_Easy_install_SystemRescueCd_on_harddisk#Boot_the_ISO_image_from_the_disk_using_Grub2 > > > And would this only be applicable to those poor souls who don't keep a > > known, good kernel in /boot Just In Case (TM)? > > A known, good kernel is not much help if your root filesystem is damaged, > although I do make sure I always have at least one such kernel in /boot. > > One of the benefits of booting sysrescd this way is that it is a *lot* > faster than USB. Thanks. I assume you must have a separate /boot partition in case "your root filesystem is damaged" or this still doesn't help, eh? -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ support@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting