[lfs] 02/06: non-x86-efi: creatingpartition: unsupport separate /boot
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This is an automated email from the git hooks/post-receive script. git pushed a commit to branch xry111/non-x86-efi in repository lfs. commit 280d2ec8a75efd70707c21243c531ec2c411d5d3 Author: Xi Ruoyao <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Sun Apr 5 16:50:05 2026 +0800 non-x86-efi: creatingpartition: unsupport separate /boot I don't have time for supporting a configuration that I intentionally avoid for my systems since 2020. --- chapter02/creatingpartition.xml | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/chapter02/creatingpartition.xml b/chapter02/creatingpartition.xml index c71a13d84..8b04fb6cf 100644 --- a/chapter02/creatingpartition.xml +++ b/chapter02/creatingpartition.xml @@ -160,11 +160,15 @@ <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para>/boot – Highly recommended. Use this partition to - store kernels and other booting information. To minimize potential boot - problems with larger disks, make this the first physical partition on - your first disk drive. A partition size of 200 megabytes is - adequate.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>/boot – <emphasis role='bold'>NOT supported by + this LFS edition.</emphasis> The churn caused by squashing kernels of + different distros into one shared partition is so much that the editor + maintaining this edition does not want to spend any time on such a + configuration. If you want to access the boot loader configuration + from all the installed distros, consider using a separate partition + for <filename class='directory'>/boot/grub</filename> instead: doing + so will likely require hacking other distros so the details will not + be explained in the book.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>/home – Highly recommended. Share your home directory and user customization across multiple distributions or LFS -- To stop receiving notification emails like this one, please contact the administrator of this repository. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/sympa/info/lfs-book Unsubscribe: See the above information page