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Author: karl
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] /lib/modules on separate partition?
Greg:
...
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 08:30:03PM +0100, karl@??? wrote:
> > I long time woundered why the modules isn't stored together with the
> > kernel (which currently is on /boot).
>
> Probably for historical reasons, and because kmod would need to be
> recompiled.


Small task for the people here.

> > Why not have /boot/modules and mount the boot partition at your bootup ?
> > You can do:
> > cd /
> > ln -s boot/modules lib/modules
>
> That won't work, because it assumes /lib/modules is already mounted.


What assumes what?

If /lib/modules -> /boot/modules and /boot is already mounted, what
would fail ?

Regards,
/Karl Hammar