Re: removing modules

[David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>]

On Sat 03 Jul 2021 at 14:20:28 (-0400), Stefan Monnier wrote:
> The only thing with `MODULES=dep` is that it runs a slightly higher risk
> of ending up with an unbootable system after a hardware or
> filesystem/LVM/MD/partition change.

Alternatively, use a little forethought and rebuild initrd with
MODULES=most /before/ making such changes.

> Just make sure you have some way to
> do a "rescue boot" in those cases (typically via a USB flash key with some
> minimal GNU/Linux system on it), but this comes in handy in many other
> circumstances so I recommend you have that at hand in any case.

Cheers,
David.