Hi, On Tuesday, 23 July 2024 20:34:25 CEST Holger Wansing wrote: > > Am 19. Juli 2024 20:54:24 MESZ schrieb Diederik de Haas <didi.deb...@cknow.org>: > > >In bug #1076582 it was pointed out that the documentation at > > >https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/apcs05.en.html > > > > > >has the following line: > > >"create a small (25–50MB should suffice) partition at the beginning > > >of the disk to be used as the boot partition" > > > > > >Earlier in that bug and also in #1076539 (which likely is the same > > >issue) I made the argument that 512MB (the current d-i default) for the > > >``/boot`` partition is already problematic. > > > > > >https://bugs.debian.org/960181#15 contains the following line: > > >> There may be a bug here, in that the /boot partition was too small. > > >> That has been fixed in the installer, but unfortunately we don't have > > >> a general way to grow the partition on installed systems. > > > > > >And there have been other reports that the kernel is getting too big. > > > > > >Plymouth is installed by default and that includes the GPU modules and > > >the firmware for it. And the firmware files have been getting bigger > > >too, especially for nvidia where they just added firmware files which > > >are respectively 23MB and 38MB in size ... (sigh) > > > > > >So the recommendation of a 25-50MB ``/boot`` partition is BAD. > > >REALLY BAD as "we don't have a general way to grow the partition > > >on installed systems." > > > > > >But then I read a bit further on the above referenced page and found the > > >following: > > > > > >- - "If you have a large IDE disk" > > >- - "This restriction doesn't apply if you have a BIOS newer than around > > >1995–98" - - Seeing the word "cylinder" all over the place ... > > >- - "CHS translation mode (“Large”)" = Cylinder/Head/Sector I presume? > > > > > >At that point I fell off my chair :-O > > > > > >Or as I phrased it in https://bugs.debian.org/1076582#27 : > > >"Maybe that document should be updated for this CENTURY?" > > I have prepared a patch, to update the installation-guide (attached), > mostly a removal of outdated / no longer needed information.
Much better! It may be possible to improve/extend the information further, but that could happen another time (too). The real problematic parts are gone now, so thanks for that :-) Cheers, Diederik
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