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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 00:08:09
Message-Id: 23e09e69-f561-4520-47a1-9c51ded2c2a8@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot by thelma@sys-concept.com
1 thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
2 > On 03/05/2017 03:57 PM, Dale wrote:
3 >
4 >>
5 >> I'm pretty sure grub uses that file. I've never tested the theory.
6 >>
7 >> Why such a small /boot? My OS is installed on a fairly small 160GB hard
8 >> drive. I made /boot about 400MBs and later wished it was bigger. I
9 >> later wanted to put a ISO image there for sysrescue. If I were to set
10 >> up a new system now with that same size or larger drive, I'd likely make
11 >> /boot 1GB and maybe even 2GBs in size. The amount of space is not that
12 >> large compared to the size of the hard drive. If one is pressed to save
13 >> space that bad on a system, maybe they need a larger drive??
14 >>
15 >> You mentioned following a guide on that size. I have to ask, just how
16 >> old was that guide? I looked at the Gentoo install guide, it suggests
17 >> 128MBs for /boot, which I think is to small. Whatever guide you were
18 >> using, it must be old and need some updating. I'm not sure I'd follow
19 >> that one until it was.
20 >>
21 >> Dale
22 >>
23 >> :-) :-)
24 > The System.map is needed, especially by VirtualBox so getting rid of
25 > this file is not a good idea.
26 > Yes, now it the /boot partition is 128MB but back few years ago was 30MB
27 >
28 > If I'll be redoing it I'll make it 1GB
29 >
30 > --
31 > Thelma
32 >
33 >
34
35
36 I recall when I first installed Linux. That was back in the Mandrake
37 days, 9.1 I think it was. One thing I learned first, check the dates of
38 howtos. If it is a year or two old, at least double check everything
39 before following it. If it is more than a few years old, find something
40 newer if at all possible. Linux is a moving target. Howtos and other
41 docs can get outdated pretty fast.
42
43 One thing about this, you have learned some things and know what to do
44 different. Trust me, I've been there. Every time I redo something, I
45 get closer to perfection. I figure the day before I die, I'll get all
46 the way there. ;-)
47
48 Dale
49
50 :-) :-)