[gentoo-user] net-misc/x2goserver-4.1.0.3-r2

2023-07-15 Thread thelma
x2goserver emerged with notice: ERROR: preinst Installation of a symlink is blocked by a directory: '/etc/x2go/xinitrc.d' This symlink will be merged with a different name: '/etc/x2go/xinitrc.d.backup.' What does it mean? -- Thelma

Re: [gentoo-user] Doubly mounted /boot

2023-07-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 15 Jul 2023 11:46:58 +0400 (GMT+04:00), Sergey Filatov wrote: > I don't know if vfat is safe to be mounted twice, but to solve this I'd > go with mount bind. You can use it in /etc/fstab as well. Mount the > /boot as usual, for /mnt/rescue/boot use /boot as a source and add > "bind" to

Re: [gentoo-user] Doubly mounted /boot

2023-07-15 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday, 15 July 2023 09:42:55 BST Dale wrote: > I tend to agree with the others. It is likely safe but bind mounting > may be safer. Thanks all. I'm glad I asked. :) -- Regards, Peter.

Re: [gentoo-user] Doubly mounted /boot

2023-07-15 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > > My little Celeron LAN server lives on /dev/sda5, with /boot on /dev/sda2. It's > a UEFI system so /dev/sda2 is VFAT. Other partitions exist but they're not > germane here. > > The poor wee thing takes about four hours to compile a kernel using both its >

[gentoo-user] Doubly mounted /boot

2023-07-15 Thread Sergey Filatov
I don't know if vfat is safe to be mounted twice, but to solve this I'd go with mount bind. You can use it in /etc/fstab as well. Mount the /boot as usual, for /mnt/rescue/boot use /boot as a source and add "bind" to options section. This is definitely safer

Re: [gentoo-user] Doubly mounted /boot

2023-07-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 15 Jul 2023 03:01:05 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Now, my question is: is it safe for me to mount the boot partition on > /boot and /mnt/rescue/boot simultaneously? The man page hints that it > is, and I can see them both: > > $ cat /proc/mounts | grep boot > /dev/sda2 /mnt/rescue/boot