Re: R: Re: Subvolumes and /proc/self/mountinfo

Helmut Hullen
2012-06-20T19:15:00Z

Hallo, Goffredo,

Du meintest am 20.06.12:

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> Am not saying that we *should* move the kernel away from /boot. I am
> only saying that having the kernel near /lib/modules *has* some
> advantages.

> Few year ago there are some gains to have a separate /boot (ah, the
> time when the bios were unable to address the bigger disk), where
> there are the minimum things to bootstrap the system.

> Now we have the possibility to move the kernel near the modules, and
> this could lead some interesting possibility: think about different
> linux installations, with an own kernel version and an own modules
> version; what are the reasons to put together under /boot different
> kernel which potential conflicting names ?

Where is the big problem?
I use separate subdirectories for different kernels, p.e. "/boot/
2.6.38.4" or "/boot/3.3.4" or "/boot/3.3.4-big". And
these subdirs
contain (p.e.) ".config", "vmlinuz", "initrd",
"System.map".

It''s a very clear design. No incredibly long filenames.

Viele Gruesse!
Helmut