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