Reply to removing /boot in fedora-test-list Digest, Vol 70, Issue 15 Message 5

[Robert C. Lightfoot]

fedora-test-list-request at redhat.com wrote:
> Message: 5 Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:36:31 -0500 From: Bill Davidsen 
> <davidsen at tmr.com> Subject: Re: Getting rid of /boot To: Fedora Test 
> <fedora-test-list at redhat.com> Message-ID: <4B1B0A9F.6050606 at tmr.com> 
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Marko 
> Vojinovic wrote:
>> > On Saturday 05 December 2009 13:43:52 Timothy Murphy wrote:
>>     
>>> >> Matthew Saltzman wrote:
>>>       
>>>>> >>>> Actually, the complexity is that Fedora for some insane reason still
>>>>> >>>> defaults to using LVM for everything *other* than /boot.  This brings
>>>>> >>>> no benefit to most users.
>>>>>           
>>>> >>> Well, it means I can have separate filesystems for things that I don't
>>>> >>> want overwritten if I reinstall (/home, /usr/local, /opt, /var/www,
>>>> >>> etc.)
>>>>         
>>> >> That's only 4, or 7 with / , /boot and swap.
>>> >> How do you get up to 15?
>>>       
>> > 
>> > Multiboot with various Windows, Ubuntu's, other Fedora's? Each should have its 
>> > own /, at least.
>> > 
>>     
> That's what VMs are for, no?
>
>   
>> > That said, if one does not work in multi-platform software development, I 
>> > totally agree that cluttering the disk with all that stuff is very ugly, at 
>> > the very least. These days virtual machines are much cleaner and easier to 
>> > maintain than multiboot setups.
>> > 
>> > Best,  :-) 
>> > Marko
>> > 
>>     
>
>
> -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com> "We have more to fear from the 
> bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." 
> - from Slashdot
While I am sure VMs and virtualization are the the way of the future 
many of us still for economic reasons work on systems which cannot or 
will not support Virtualization efficiently.  This makes multi-boot and 
the associated headaches a necessity rather than a preference.  While I 
applaud the steps Fedora has taken in Virtualization and LVM 
development, maintaining legacy hardware compatability should also 
receive attention as it provides us a competetive edge over the Redmond 
OSes.

Bob Lightfoot