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From: Klaus Ethgen <Klaus+gentoo@××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] /boot filesystem, SSDs, TRIM
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 05:01:31
Message-Id: 20180823050117.GA9906@ikki.ethgen.ch
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] /boot filesystem, SSDs, TRIM by Adam Carter
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4 The question should be if and why to use /boot at all on modern systems.
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6 Grub is able to boot from various system combinations. btrfs, lvm,
7 mdraid, even encrypted disks (however, in the last case, it is not that
8 trivial to install grub).
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10 So for me there is little to no usage for /boot at all.
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12 Regards
13 Klaus
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15 Klaus Ethgen http://www.ethgen.ch/
16 pub 4096R/4E20AF1C 2011-05-16 Klaus Ethgen <Klaus@××××××.ch>
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Re: [gentoo-user] /boot filesystem, SSDs, TRIM Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>