Re: New discussion: ppc64 installer -- ext2 /boot partition to keep sabot happy.
On 09/30/2017 11:40 AM, Gabriel Paubert wrote:> What's OFFS?
I was talking about the OpenFirmware partition and I used the terminology
from the grub-installer source code [1]. I haven't looked into the documentation
yet, but I assume the partition is formatted with HFS on Macintosh.
> And how people who already have a partitioned disk and want to keep at
> least their /home partition will be able to upgrade?
They can use manual partitioning which they would have to use anyway
when preserving individual partitions. There is no difference in this
regard as compared to previous partman-auto recipes.
As I said before, this for the default installation and partitioning
scheme. If you would like to shoot yourself into the foot, you're,
of course, still free to do that.
> Yes, I know, backup first, but if restoring can be avoided...
You should never assume that not having a backup is safe when performing
maintenance work like reinstallation of the whole system.
Adrian
> [1] https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/d-i/grub-installer.git/tree/grub-installer#n241
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