On Thu 08 Apr 2021 at 14:37:59 (+0200), Marco Ippolito wrote: > > Eventually it all boils down to one's ability to predict the future or > > at least a subset thereof. > > What would you consider in your future planning regarding sizing /boot?
I create ~500MB ESP and /boot partitions on each system disk. But because I don't encrypt my systems (only /home and swap), I don't use the "boot" partition for /boot, but as swap instead. As for the future: in the 1990's I would install the entire system onto a 1GB disk. It's time I retired my oldest disk (14 years) which is 500GB. So disk lifetimes can take disks "out of circulation" before once-generous partition sizes start to look too small. OTOH I have set up BIOS-booting disks as GPT, with both a BIOS Boot partition and an ESP, so that they can be converted to UEFI booting without problem. > e.g. how many kernels (with how many built-in modules and with what > compression) to keep around for alternate booting or reuse elsewhere... If there are kernels etc for use elsewhere, there's no need to keep them in /boot, is there? Generally you need room for three sets of the four files: old, current, just installed, which then become: about to purge, backup, current. > ... what else? Bear in mind that upgrading grub may generate a new initrd, and hence a backup of the previous one (depending on /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf). So currently $ du -shx /boot/ 119M /boot/ $ Cheers, David.
