Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Hubris?
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 09:03:37
Message-Id: 20150729100314.4a986390@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Hubris? by Peter Humphrey
1 On Wed, 29 Jul 2015 09:22:47 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:
2
3 >> > Apologies if I have missed it, but what is wrong with using vanilla
4 > > > ext2 for /boot?
5 > >
6 > > The question is about the kernel mounting / from a multi-device btrfs,
7 > > without an initramfs - nothing to do with /boot.
8 >
9 > It's a good question all the same, tangential or not.
10
11 Yes, and it's what I do on my desktop, which doesn't use UEFI. As we
12 migrate to UEFI hardware the question becomes moot as we use FAT
13 for /boot, and no longer have to deal with GRUB.
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17 Neil Bothwick
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19 Very funny Scotty.. now beam down my pants!