[arch-general] / mounted ro after update

[Guus Snijders]

Op 21 sep. 2012 06:46 schreef "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel at shellworld.net> het
volgende:
>
> What's a good size number for a /boot partition?  Needs to be large
> enough kernel updates don't break the computer if possible or a
> reasonable estimate to that end.

Let's say 250 MB.
Small enough that you don't miss the space, large enough to hold an small
rescue system and/or memtest.

> On Fri, 21 Sep 2012, Guus Snijders wrote:
>
> > Op 20 sep. 2012 10:03 schreef "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel at shellworld.net>
het
> > volgende:
> > [...]
> > >  Also, I did learn syslinux does not
> > > support xfs the root of the disk could not be found whenever I used
xfs.
> > >  Grub-legacy I think is gone and grub-bios didn't work and neither did
> > > lilo.  I can try more things later but not without some suggestions
and
> > > sighted assistance to tell me what the next failing boot screen
> > > produces.
> >
> > Well, for the bootloader part: how about a "small" partition for /boot,
> > with an ext2/3 filesystem?
> > Works every time ;-)

mvg, Guus