From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0A181381F3 for ; Mon, 27 May 2013 23:45:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2EE03E0957; Mon, 27 May 2013 23:45:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A8C0E0944 for ; Mon, 27 May 2013 23:45:17 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av4EABK/CFFFpY2X/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEATocKAssExIPBSU3iAsGwS2NYYJIYQONfogOhX6IcIFegxM X-IPAS-Result: Av4EABK/CFFFpY2X/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEATocKAssExIPBSU3iAsGwS2NYYJIYQONfogOhX6IcIFegxM X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="14727210" Received: from 69-165-141-151.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([69.165.141.151]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 27 May 2013 19:45:11 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 27 May 2013 19:45:15 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 19:45:15 -0400 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-dev] Separate boot/root already [WAS: eselect init] Message-ID: <20130527234515.GB18963@waltdnes.org> References: <51A08A68.3020900@gentoo.org> <20130526084332.1a8afa69@gentoo.org> <51A1DC0C.2070706@gentoo.org> <20130526164106.GA21548@linux1> <20130526164830.GB21548@linux1> <20130526185545.77a2d6e3@gentoo.org> <20130526225813.GA22273@linux1> <51A29F25.1020601@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <51A29F25.1020601@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 87464837-243a-4171-8e93-50293dcfe953 X-Archives-Hash: 25903bcac9ce830baac1fc11b41961d3 On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 01:47:49AM +0200, Luca Barbato wrote > Yes, I tested it first and got the whole system unworkable, one > single mode later I baked something to get at least the minimal > functionality, supporting our xdm script properly required some more > effort I hadn't time to pour that day. People "who want to try something different" in distros, without irrevocably switching over, normally have a separate partition. This is beginning to look like the simplest, least error-prone approach, even if it is heavy-ganded. Out of sheer curiosity... is "bb-init" based on busybox? If so, a separate partition would also prevent standard utilities from stomping all over their busybox symlink equivalants. Add another entry to the grub/lilo menu, and boot from that. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications