Debian Sid and Grub

[Kareem Shehata]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Merv
> Curley
> Sent: Tuesday 15 January 2008 15:09
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Debian Sid and Grub
> 
> On Tuesday 15 January 2008 11:54, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 11:44:16AM -0500, Merv Curley wrote:
> > > I am about to set up a new drive and thought I might use LVM for it.
> > >
> > > From what I see, ver 0.97 should be able to boot from anything in the
> > > first VG.  So I no longer need small /boot partitions.
> > >
> > > Is that right?
> >
> > Ehm I don't think so.  I have never seen any mention of LVM support in
> > GRUB 0.97.  It's in legacy maintainance mode only.  All new stuff goes
> > in GRUB2 only.
> >
> I installed the grub-doc pkg for ver .97 this AM and perhaps you could
> check
> it and see if you interpret it the way I did.  Maybe I'll do a temp LVM
> setup
> using the whole disk and see if it seems to work. I'd ruther trust you
> tho,  ;-)
 

I've always looked at the /boot partition as more of a safety net.  If
something really screwy happens, I'll at least be able to use that start the
system and perhaps do some repairs.  It's not a huge difference, but
sometimes it's the little things that get you through a tough spot.

-kms


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