On 06/08/2009 05:45 PM, André Pirard wrote: > On 2009-06-08 23:32, Colin Watson wrote : >> As of tomorrow's daily builds (assuming they build successfully, >> anyway), GRUB 2 will be the default boot loader for new installations, >> pursuant to the grub2-as-default discussion at UDS. >> > GRUB should be in its own partition, tentatively containing repair tools > too. > This makes Ubuntu or any Linux undestroyable by Windows or anyone. > Restoring GRU/Ubuntu would be a most standard setting of a boot flag. > > Similarly, the swap partition should be a Linux file. See http://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-karmic-swapfile
> This frees the user from swap considerations and opens Linux to dynamic > swap size. > I once made twin disks and I fell in a trap. > I thought Linux would use the only swap partition on the disk. > But the swap partition was referenced by UUID. > > Using both features would make the partition count a statu quo. > > > I, as a Linux sower, find both topics important when I make an > installation.* * > -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
