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We’ve been conditioned to think that booting is important, but... isn’t it typically the case that a boot volume is the least interesting data on a system? Of c
by jonstewart 8y ago
We’ve been conditioned to think that booting is important, but... isn’t it typically the case that a boot volume is the least interesting data on a system? Of course if you have exotic hardware and a carefully built kernel with all manner of boot params you may feel differently, but then you’d probably have a handy backup somewhere, too.
- eropple 8y ago"Interesting" and "operationally critical" can mean different things. An admittedly extreme example: if you're in a data center with ineffective/insufficient remote hands, you probably very much want the server to come up so you can deal with your problems faster and better. That they could come through, on some timetable, and slap a new OS on there/restore a boot volume from the backup you hope you have is nice, but it isn't the same thing as being able to SSH in and rescue yourself.