On Wednesday, 15 May 2024 08:42:14 BST Wols Lists wrote: > On 02/05/2024 11:46, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > When I started using Linux, the received wisdom was to keep a separate > > /boot, and leave it unmounted during normal operation. The idea was that > > a successful hacker would not, supposedly, be able to corrupt the kernel > > ready for a reboot into their system. > > And you can't have /boot on your system partition if, like me, you have > one instance of grub booting into several different OSs or distros ... > Less so now, but having multiple distros on one system was a popular > hobbyist pastime!
I think whoever named grub had delusions of grandeur. :) Anyway, I never let it near my systems. -- Regards, Peter.
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