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To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] duplicate gentoo system - errors
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 23:21:04
Message-Id: 86aabf23-ad1f-f62c-b891-fcc86429c109@youngman.org.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] duplicate gentoo system - errors by Neil Bothwick
1 On 25/11/2020 22:59, Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Wed, 25 Nov 2020 13:37:48 -0600, Dale wrote:
3 >
4 >>>> First I've heard of a laptop having space for two hard drives.  I
5 >>>> need to make a note of that.  Now one has reason to use labels on
6 >>>> laptops too.  o_O
7 >>> You already have. what if you boot with a flash drive connected and
8 >>> it is recognised first?
9 >>
10 >> I wasn't counting a external device.  I was just referring to internal
11 >> hard drives.  I don't even put flash drives in the same category as a
12 >> hard drive either, even tho they can get large.
13 >
14 > Large in capacity but physically small. It's easy to reboot and not
15 > realise you have a flash drive connected, which could possibly mess up
16 > your drive naming.
17 >
18 Yup. I've forgotten which system it was - possibly this one - but I've
19 got a system which will refuse to boot if I forget I've got a USB stick
20 in it ...
21
22 Cheers,
23 Wol

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Re: [gentoo-user] duplicate gentoo system - errors Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>