On 2020-11-25, Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: > On Wed, 25 Nov 2020 13:30:46 -0600, Dale wrote: > >> >> If I can get rid of the plain grub, that would free up some space. >> >> The grub2 directory isn't as big but still wouldn't hurt. >> > GRUB2 uses /boot/grub here, I suspect /boot/grub2 might be the surplus >> > one, but check the timestamps. >> >> Well, grub2 shows the latest change. Plain grub shows older changes. >> Most things in plain grub shows a date of April 2019. Things in grub2 >> are 2013 except for grub.cfg which shows June 2020. That is likely >> about the time I rebuilt my last kernel, or somewhere close to that >> anyway. Sort of confusing. >> >> Just wondering if leaving that alone may be best. ;-) > > Rename one of the directories and see if you can still boot :)
That may not be a valid test. If grub is using a blocklist to locate secondary files, renaming the directory that contains those files won't bother grub at all. Even rm'ing the files and directory might not cause problems until the disk blocks of interest get reused by new files. -- Grant
