Re: What to expect following major update

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> writes:

>> How does the system boot up if /boot is not mounted?
>
> You don't need /boot mounted in order to boot.  It only needs to be
> mounted in order to be updated.  Booting happens before the operating
> system is loaded and so those files are not needed at operating system
> time.  By the time the operating system is running there is no longer
> any need to access those files.

[...]

Your response was to Wayne but I'd like to thank your for a nice
walk thru of the early stages of bootup.