Re: Hrdware question

[Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org>]

Le 12/08/2018 à 21:27, Dan Ritter a écrit :
> On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 08:01:08PM +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> > Le 11/08/2018 à 22:50, David Christensen a écrit :
> > > 3.  Do a fresh install of Debian onto the SSD.  Partition manually,
> > > creating three primary partitions: /boot (1 GB), swap (1 GB), and root
> > > (10 GB).
> >
> > Mind to explain why should /boot be on a separate partition ?
>
> It used to be the case that various bootloaders would not be
> able to boot from a partition larger than a certain size.

It used to, in a very distant past. Bootloaders which cannot boot from a 
1 GB partition must have long gone.

> If your root partition is encrypted, or uses an exotic
> filesystem, a separate /boot may be needed.
>
> A separate /boot may be used as part of a rescue booting system,
> so that you can fix a broken /.
>
> If none of those reasons apply, you can safely have a unified /
> and /boot.

I know all this and did not ask why may /boot be on a separate partition 
*in general* but why should /boot be on a separate partition *in the 
specific context of this thread*.