Re: /boot or not /boot (was Re: [gentoo-user] can't stop the panic on eeepc)

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
> Am Samstag, 9. Mai 2009 12:20:46 schrieb Stroller:
>
>   
>>> This is Gentoo, so you as the user define the rules. And for _me_,
>>> it definitely
>>> _is_ a rule.
>>>       
>> Could you possibly explain why, please?
>>     
>
> Because it eliminates the need for an initramfs (which I used until a few 
> weeks ago), even if you've got your / on an encrypted logical volume. I simply 
> put just enough userspace tools into /boot to be able to create the dmcrypt 
> mapping and mount the real root fs, then run pivot_root and /sbin/init.
>
> So in the end it's the same than using an initramfs, but with less hassle. And 
> for consistency reasons, I also use this scheme on every machine.
>
> Bye...
>
> 	Dirk
>   

Wasn't there a security reason for this setup at one time?  If you put
/boot  on a separate partition, then the only time it needed to be
mounted was to update the kernel or edit grub/lilo.  That was what I was
reading when I installed Gentoo oh so many ages ago.

Is this still true?

Dale

:-)  :-)