From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RNlTp-00053s-Iw for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:12:45 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 30CD621C061; Tue, 8 Nov 2011 13:12:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6EAE21C031 for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2011 13:11:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-fx0-f53.google.com ([209.85.161.53]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RNlSf-0046u7-CR for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:11:33 +0700 Received: by faan15 with SMTP id n15so569210faa.40 for ; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:11:28 -0800 (PST) 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 Received: by 10.223.76.217 with SMTP id d25mr54499593fak.31.1320757887997; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:11:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.74.16 with HTTP; Tue, 8 Nov 2011 05:11:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20111108123523.42bd460f@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> References: <4EB82372.7030206@gmail.com> <20111107212650.78b8a910@rohan.example.com> <20111108083724.GA3497@acm.acm> <4EB8FB0F.7040602@gmail.com> <20111108123523.42bd460f@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 20:11:27 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ext4/ext3 for /boot? From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: 250c45a4-5304-46c9-9dc3-c1ba45417476 X-Archives-Hash: edde6202f28c5a6445ff38b0fee3c9c1 On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 19:35, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 8 Nov 2011 18:15:06 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote: > >> > Me, I have always put ext2 on /boot. =C2=A0I just don't see much need = in >> > anything fancy for something that is used so seldom plus everything is >> > likely stored somewhere else anyway. =C2=A0The kernel should be in the >> > kernel source directory and a emerge of grub would restore everything >> > else except the config. =C2=A0Not much to lose there. > > One of the benefits of GRUB2 is that the information used to create the > config file is in /etc. If /boot is toasted, you can recreate all you > need with > > grub2-install > grub2-mkconfig > cd /usr/src/linux > make install > >> Not to mention that /boot usually has a noauto option, so it's very >> unlikely that a wayward prog can somehow bollix up the filesystem. > > Leaving /boot unmounted invites the inevitable error of forgetting to > mount it before installing a new kernel. I prefer to mount it ro, that > way its contents are available, protected from accidental overwriting and > it shouts at you if you forget to remount it before installing a kernel > or updating GRUB. > I have a script that does the menuconfig + diff .config + make + install (including kernel copying to /boot, automagically mounting /boot if needed), so I can get away with noauto ;-) Oh, and it also auto-modifies grub.cfg for me :-D Rgds, --=20 FdS Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 LOPSA Member #15248 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 Blog : http://pepoluan.tumblr.com =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 Linked-In : http://id.linkedin.com/in/pepoluan