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 A5ED415AD02 for ; Sun, 16 Apr 2023 19:30:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 025A5E0A9F; Sun, 16 Apr 2023 19:30:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lj1-x22c.google.com (mail-lj1-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::22c]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DEAA7E0A6E for ; Sun, 16 Apr 2023 19:30:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lj1-x22c.google.com with SMTP id j11so11947736ljq.10 for ; Sun, 16 Apr 2023 12:30:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20221208; t=1681673445; x=1684265445; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=3cKCDjopawN3jrbwDHOcGJEbhRspV9TBAVCnKMbn5QA=; b=Wq4d1GOanOYHkRrD5pi6dvUG/2UpJivPgwPAbsLicQ3FeREIfCJuA8wFW86MXbLXdS 1PHWJgK3o5YGzBsbGc80r64mLbRKoQM6B1wAUkxVnWyngKoqhXoDWOJKzn2+3iwMsXl7 sokaMnrz4RaiKWbD/+9dBXm5uVlxVfaDzyTb6xiYXF+kEGOfNPPvU9PaK0kpo3rdHS9q jJZnJyYA3eFh4yYMVsqSzqcDhmQTtPU29R5aN4sjd8M7CBgvVvnN8ulBAIdexNKFaflk 1EtTzs4Me3jDEsZ8EBumeugE32fMnNNYp2r9EhfP2qEQiXLNvB74GZYIdvxT1rLMjW1+ UVXg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1681673445; x=1684265445; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=3cKCDjopawN3jrbwDHOcGJEbhRspV9TBAVCnKMbn5QA=; b=bCQYUOsLlCRMPPlOLqRfjLG07/kWHkOFEJISMvi2ey5Ttj36+5FDC8huSx4nLNkg4z rVyEKga4zm4ZnEp8sguAqGfQrm23SNGbuqYneNYO3twNxIzI8bM/EVjs6uooqzLe0Xmp fOlnMliuuVrAQE4dJ0wgzh6cF8vlPnyzMl0qctQ/U4IvPgTFdZMHUlmwNj/WuVhIfXl9 m8Xj0uS2cPal1wNoxGN9mhjEPWBqTZCX/YM/A1TqoiRIo0OpK8PGuKpiCubsAMBCZKsE 9iHaLWy/XBH7D0iRn0vqTncQcWSw73rrLsyYKjng4JJRN9U4ZPDf3292/JJBAcbZo1bt bhdQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AAQBX9eme9wHCwqUw8r4PvnKC8yfF0y8ALO4YB7L7u723JSryKrm15bx PBk073EQJGIF4HIpDAFkWxObH8FUtJiWy15PY/DR/Ao+ X-Google-Smtp-Source: AKy350aAvcaBjtV5Jg5BfUVCaG2ytq9S+aOoRKEs+pZWG7qJ62ekNUaHPZMEp6JZSYXKv/K9hzvsP4yqQCrBhXBncaU= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:9586:0:b0:2a7:7622:fb01 with SMTP id w6-20020a2e9586000000b002a77622fb01mr3866048ljh.10.1681673444671; Sun, 16 Apr 2023 12:30:44 -0700 (PDT) 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 References: <3a8a143d-38f0-b7ea-4aa1-10c0b3a2a1e0@gmail.com> <12194979.O9o76ZdvQC@wstn> <19959f07-88a8-f2ee-1523-573f794c9282@iinet.net.au> <9fbad854-2f36-f261-b2f3-4850059f6d2a@gmail.com> <8662fe97-64dc-cbf4-ce49-737ea9b14d06@gmail.com> <28eb1e13-0278-8656-67b7-9d995520f9ce@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <28eb1e13-0278-8656-67b7-9d995520f9ce@gmail.com> From: Mark Knecht Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2023 12:30:33 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Finally got a SSD drive to put my OS on To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000004c458c05f9791cfa" X-Archives-Salt: dc4b78fa-9c3e-457c-8f5a-94373a6d0902 X-Archives-Hash: 336b1ae02d3f03bcd81bc1fb47e88c8d --0000000000004c458c05f9791cfa Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Apr 16, 2023 at 11:54=E2=80=AFAM Dale wrote: > > Mark Knecht wrote: > > <<< SNIP >>> > > I guess I don't understand why you would put Knoppix in the boot > > partition vs somewhere else. Is this for some sort of recovery > > process you're comfortable with vs recovering from a bootable DVD? > > > > - Mark > > I'm wanting to be able to boot something from the hard drive in the > event the OS itself won't boot. The other day I had to dig around and > find a bootable USB stick and also found a DVD. Ended up with the DVD > working best. I already have memtest on /boot. Thing is, I very rarely > use it. ;-) So in the scenario you are suggesting, is grub working, giving you a boot choice screen, and your new Gentoo install is not working so you want to choose Knoppix to repair whatever is wrong with Gentoo? If that's the case why shoehorn Knoppix into the boot partition vs just give it its own partition? --0000000000004c458c05f9791cfa Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Sun, Apr 16, 2023 at 11:54=E2=80=AFAM Dale <= rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:=
>
> Mark Knecht wrote:
> > <<< SNIP >>= >
> > I guess I don't understand why you would put Knoppix = in the boot
> > partition vs somewhere else. Is this for some sor= t of recovery
> > process you're comfortable with vs recoveri= ng from a bootable DVD?
> >
> > - Mark
>
> I&= #39;m wanting to be able to boot something from the hard drive in the
&g= t; event the OS itself won't boot.=C2=A0 The other day I had to dig aro= und and
> find a bootable USB stick and also found a DVD.=C2=A0 Ended= up with the DVD
> working best.=C2=A0 I already have memtest on /boo= t.=C2=A0 Thing is, I very rarely
> use it. =C2=A0;-)

So in the scenario you are suggesting, is grub working, giving you = a
boot choice screen, and your new Gentoo install is not working = so
you want to choose Knoppix to repair whatever is wrong with=C2= =A0
Gentoo?=C2=A0

If that's the case= why shoehorn Knoppix=C2=A0into the boot partition
vs just give i= t its own partition?=C2=A0


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