[arch-general] Grub2 config file needs to be tweaked with last official ISO

Nelson Marambio nelsonmarambio at gmx.de
Sun Jul 22 08:53:09 EDT 2012


Am 22.07.2012 14:50, schrieb Heiko Baums:
> Am Sun, 22 Jul 2012 14:34:12 +0200
> schrieb Nelson Marambio <nelsonmarambio at gmx.de>:
>
>> Am 22.07.2012 13:50, schrieb Damjan:
>>
>>>
>>> ps.
>>> any special reason that you have a separate /boot partition?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> /boot is still mentioned in the beginner's guide on
>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_Guide#Selecting_a_partitioning_scheme
>>
>> Maybe it should be removed there ?
>
> No, a separate /boot partition is still necessary if the whole harddisk
> is encrypted with dm-crypt/LUKS. I haven't heard yet that grub2 is able
> to unlock LUKS containers.
>
> And if not kept mounted, it can also make the system a bit more secure
> for really paranoid people. Btw., if I recall correctly somewhere in the
> grub2 docs or Wiki I read something that in some cases (BIOS/MBR or
> something like that) a separate /boot partition is necessary.
>
> Heiko
>
I see, thanks a lot ! :)


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