From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 188FC1581D3 for ; Wed, 15 May 2024 10:40:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B83E5E2A4C; Wed, 15 May 2024 10:40:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost01c.sbp.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost01c.sbp.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.5]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 59190E29B8 for ; Wed, 15 May 2024 10:40:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.80.10] (helo=cube.localnet) by smarthost01c.sbp.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.95) (envelope-from ) id 1s7C3o-000g90-Lf for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 15 May 2024 10:40:36 +0000 From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub, gpt partitions and BIOS, not uefi thing. Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 11:40:36 +0100 Message-ID: <2733113.mvXUDI8C0e@cube> In-Reply-To: <74ade325-39d6-44f1-adf1-d7d6f73ac1d8@youngman.org.uk> References: <6042053.lOV4Wx5bFT@cube> <74ade325-39d6-44f1-adf1-d7d6f73ac1d8@youngman.org.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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart12438453.O9o76ZdvQC"; micalg="pgp-sha256"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Originating-smarthost01c-IP: [82.69.80.10] Feedback-ID: 82.69.80.10 X-Archives-Salt: 22cf8a79-6537-42f7-a371-0e9168c9c0a9 X-Archives-Hash: 9e319bc350af20b56f1a20e29089c01b --nextPart12438453.O9o76ZdvQC Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; protected-headers="v1" From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 11:40:36 +0100 Message-ID: <2733113.mvXUDI8C0e@cube> In-Reply-To: <74ade325-39d6-44f1-adf1-d7d6f73ac1d8@youngman.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 On Wednesday, 15 May 2024 08:42:14 BST Wols Lists wrote: > On 02/05/2024 11:46, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > When I started using Linux, the received wisdom was to keep a separate > > /boot, and leave it unmounted during normal operation. The idea was that > > a successful hacker would not, supposedly, be able to corrupt the kernel > > ready for a reboot into their system. > > And you can't have /boot on your system partition if, like me, you have > one instance of grub booting into several different OSs or distros ... > Less so now, but having multiple distros on one system was a popular > hobbyist pastime! I think whoever named grub had delusions of grandeur. :) Anyway, I never let it near my systems. -- Regards, Peter. --nextPart12438453.O9o76ZdvQC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAABCAAdFiEEe4gBN7rCFCCxWE8L1ZZHr5b0MZoFAmZEkSQACgkQ1ZZHr5b0 MZqxGAf9F+9UQj8hmd+2SXsWRVT588bCo6Po7E+j/xxg75zzD9YT3TSNEJM+M5YM +72HoEhG/HHbVijVqpq64v9eVh1WN4O+rNDXYC0o6GFYJMDmc+NBfGAQo2t9GBU7 yKO7EITh5p304kbNvLLvDKIKT6JPf93wjg9rUt6YmP1bI39dNfmfhNrWsaOnZfH7 zkv01yQdAzfVQ0Kgf8jUZmYTi3O2wd2Ordv35f2BIiqGnd5ve3q5BJCZUELWBjrt 0uP6RCTVlwsCpXcZfb85gxm7in550HKwYnsVfzws2yquTbEq7noBPlfL9dkq3jOD QWJgUwTailimDN7eINn0H/duF4pqtg== =PFWk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart12438453.O9o76ZdvQC--