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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: duplicate gentoo system - errors
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 23:01:39
Message-Id: 20201125230133.6e8be963@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: duplicate gentoo system - errors by Grant Edwards
1 On Wed, 25 Nov 2020 19:43:04 -0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote:
2
3 > > Rename one of the directories and see if you can still boot :)
4 >
5 > That may not be a valid test. If grub is using a blocklist to locate
6 > secondary files, renaming the directory that contains those files
7 > won't bother grub at all. Even rm'ing the files and directory might
8 > not cause problems until the disk blocks of interest get reused by new
9 > files.
10
11 Good point. I'm so glad I rarely have to use GRUB these days.
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15 Neil Bothwick
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17 Don't judge a book by its movie.

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[gentoo-user] Re: duplicate gentoo system - errors Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com>