28723 – FIX: users often copy kernels to /boot without it being mounted.

Bug 28723 - FIX: users often copy kernels to /boot without it being mounted.

Summary: FIX: users often copy kernels to /boot without it being mounted.

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 28713

Alias:	None

Product:	[OLD] Docs-user
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Gentoo Linux x86 Installation Guide (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Docs Team

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Reported:	2003-09-14 13:11 UTC by James Harlow (RETIRED)
Modified:	2005-07-17 13:06 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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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 ***