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Re: Hrdware question

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Le 12/08/2018 à 21:27, Dan Ritter a écrit :
> On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 08:01:08PM +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>> Le 11/08/2018 à 22:50, David Christensen a écrit :
>>>
>>> 3.  Do a fresh install of Debian onto the SSD.  Partition manually,
>>> creating three primary partitions: /boot (1 GB), swap (1 GB), and root
>>> (10 GB).
>>
>> Mind to explain why should /boot be on a separate partition ?
> 
> It used to be the case that various bootloaders would not be
> able to boot from a partition larger than a certain size.

It used to, in a very distant past. Bootloaders which cannot boot from a 
1 GB partition must have long gone.

> If your root partition is encrypted, or uses an exotic
> filesystem, a separate /boot may be needed.
> 
> A separate /boot may be used as part of a rescue booting system,
> so that you can fix a broken /.
> 
> If none of those reasons apply, you can safely have a unified /
> and /boot.

I know all this and did not ask why may /boot be on a separate partition 
*in general* but why should /boot be on a separate partition *in the 
specific context of this thread*.

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  Re: Hrdware question <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-08-11 18:00 +0200
  Re: Hrdware question Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-08-11 18:20 +0200
  Re: Hrdware question john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-08-11 18:30 +0200
    Re: Hrdware question "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-08-11 19:30 +0200
  Re: Hrdware question Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2018-08-11 21:20 +0200
    Re: Hrdware question "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-08-11 21:30 +0200
      Re: Hrdware question deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-08-12 19:20 +0200
    Re: Hrdware question Shea Alterio <krusete@gmail.com> - 2018-08-11 21:30 +0200
  Re: Hrdware question David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-08-11 23:00 +0200
    Re: Hrdware question "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-08-11 23:30 +0200
    Re: Hrdware question Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-08-12 20:10 +0200
      Re: Hrdware question Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-08-12 21:30 +0200
        Re: Hrdware question Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-08-15 09:50 +0200
      Re: Hrdware question Michael Wagner <wagner_m_bremen@web.de> - 2018-08-12 21:50 +0200
        Re: Hrdware question Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-08-15 09:50 +0200
      Re: Hrdware question David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-08-15 05:40 +0200
        Re: Hrdware question <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-08-15 09:20 +0200
        Re: Hrdware question Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-08-15 09:30 +0200
          Re: Hrdware question David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-08-16 03:20 +0200
    Re: Hrdware question "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-08-15 19:30 +0200
      Re: Hrdware question john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-08-15 21:10 +0200
        Re: Hrdware question David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-08-15 23:20 +0200
      Re: Hrdware question David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-08-16 03:40 +0200

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