[SOLVED] What is the benefit of separate /boot partition?

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[SOLVED] What is the benefit of separate /boot partition?

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I see a posts from time to time about how the /boot partition has become full.

What is the benefit of having a separate /boot partition?

Thanks.
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Re: What is the benefit of separate /boot partition?

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I can't think of one. My UEFI system has a separate /boot/efi partition, but that doesn't have multiple versions of anything.
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Re: What is the benefit of separate /boot partition?

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Here is good discussion of the whys of boot partition.
https://unix.stackexchange.com/question ... really-for
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Re: What is the benefit of separate /boot partition?

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deepakdeshp wrote: Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:08 pm Here is good discussion of the whys of boot partition.
https://unix.stackexchange.com/question ... really-for
Interesting read - thanks for the link. I keep forgetting that some users made the switch to Linux because it handles older hardware so much better than Windows.
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Re: What is the benefit of separate /boot partition?

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Thank you, deepakdeshp!
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