On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 23:02:15 +0100, Mick wrote:

> > /boot in fstab had option "noauto", so all my kernels were installed
> > to the / volume.  
> 
> Ahh!  I always mount /boot BEFORE I cd into /usr/src out of habit, to
> avoid such a problem (my /boot is also set to noauto).
> 
> If I were 10 years younger I would remember a trick I've read in this
> M/L to have /boot warn you, if it is not mounted.  Hmm ... now, who
> posted this, ... Neil?

The approach I've used is to mount /boot ro. It still protects /boot from
writes, as with noauto, but it shouts at you if you try to writ to /boot
instead of just pretending it succeeded and hiding the files somewhere
else.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?

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