Re: [PATCH] force load of lvm and raid before entering normal mode (Re: LVM on debian)

[Jan Nieuwenhuizen]

Robert Millan writes:

> The problem with that is it can't really solve the problem, only provide a
> half-baked solution.  If you include pc and gpt, you're misusing space in
> a component where it's really critical, and you still don't support all
> partitions GRUB might be installed on.  For that, you'd have to load _all_
> partition maps, which means even more space.

I understand, and I've been wondering about this.  As I do not have much
if any knowledge for the sizing constraints of a bootloader, so I cannot
appreciate the efforts of reducing space.

As a (blonde) user, I would think that you'd want to use *as much*
rather than as little space you can.  Why not (from a sizing pov,
stability could be another issue), after core.img contains
all necessary modules, fill up any `remaining' space (if that is how it
works) with extra non-essential modules?  Little harm in the ability
to read more devices, I would say?

Greetings,
Jan.

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