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On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 10:14:22 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > This sin't a rescue partition, it's just a GRUB menu entry and a copy |
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> > f the ISO in /boot, so far less maintenance even than making sure a |
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> > USB stick stays put. Plus it is much faster to boot. |
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> An interesting idea you present, Neil. So far I've been maintaining a |
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> small rescue system. My /boot is only 100MB so if I wanted to follow |
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> your idea I'd have to move and resize everything else on this MBR |
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> setup. I have twin spinning disks with two LVM sets in logical |
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> partitions, so I assume I'd have to destroy those and re-create them. |
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> What a lot of work! |
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Yes, probably too much. |
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> Oh, or I could sacrifice (part of) a swap partition to expand /boot |
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That would be easier, you could always add more swap from an LV, unless |
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you use it for suspend. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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the sum of all human intelligence is constant, only the number of humans |
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increases. |
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