-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 08:36:47PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > On 08/12/2018 11:01 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > >Le 11/08/2018 à 22:50, David Christensen a écrit : > >> > >>3. Do a fresh install of Debian onto the SSD. Partition > >>manually, creating three primary partitions: /boot (1 GB), swap > >>(1 GB), and root (10 GB). > > > >Mind to explain why should /boot be on a separate partition ? > > > > Primarily because I often use dm-crypt on swap and root; boot must > be unencrypted.
While unencrypted /boot is the most common setup (mine too), you *can* have encrypted /boot to: https://libreboot.org/docs/gnulinux/encrypted_debian.html Some assembly required :-) Cheers - -- tomás -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAltz00sACgkQBcgs9XrR2kbA+ACdF873Ngjv/hV+pc3OMdDyqb5M FqYAn1+wQCxAlLC7LI92tU6JP4ocnAu2 =to4l -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----