Re: Gentoo fresh install
"Rod Smart" <[email protected]>
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To add even more security, leave it out of your /etc/fstab file Sorry for top posting, if I didn't you wouldn't be able to find my reply as the text isn't "quoted" STUPID novell crap >>> [email protected] 23/08/2005 9:59:12 pm >>> Keith, On 8/22/05, Keith Bainbridge <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds like a good reason to follow the suggestion > > On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 08:42:46 +1000 Ric de France > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The reason for a seperate > > "/boot" partition is that is it usually unmounted, and therefore > > you can not corrupt the kernel or initrd if you copied things into > > it accidentally. You would have to consciously mount it, and then > > screw it up... BTW... If you put /boot on a seperate partition (regardless of distribution - ie. you can do it with Red Hat / Fedora, Ubuntu, Mandriva, etc...), then you should be able to leave it unmounted by default via your fstab file. It's not a new concept, but I do think Gentoo do a good job at communicating it. ...Ric -- Ric de France Ph: +61412945554 (international) or 0412945554 (Australia) == Do you, uh... Gentoo? Gentoooo-hooo!! == _______________________________________________ Melbourne Linux Users Group (Australia) Edit your settings: http://lists.mlug.org.au Are you an Open Source Developer? Look at: Oracle SPACE Sweepstakes - http://www.mlug.org.au/oracle.php