Bug 28723

Summary:	FIX: users often copy kernels to /boot without it being mounted.
Product:	[OLD] Docs-user	Reporter:	James Harlow (RETIRED) <hythloday>
Component:	Gentoo Linux x86 Installation Guide	Assignee:	Docs Team <docs-team>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description James Harlow (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-09-14 13:11:30 UTC

While having a seperate kernels partition (/boot) is a good idea, it's easy to forget to mount it 
when copying kernels across. If it were made unwritable (chmod 000) in the installation process 
this would not be possible. The permissions of mount points are ignored, so it won't change 
anything in the case of users who never get it wrong. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Compile kernel. 
2. Forget to mount boot. 
3. Copy kernel across. 
4. Reboot. 
Actual Results:  
Be confused as to why your "new kernel" isn't working as expected. 

Expected Results:  
Feedback that a silly action was being performed.

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2003-09-14 13:32:34 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 28713 ***