From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1SCaKV-0005Ly-A2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:37:11 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7F2F7E0851; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:36:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com (cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com [75.180.132.120]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3662DE083B for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:35:46 +0000 (UTC) X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=TvJkdUrh c=1 sm=0 a=xvUQ5II7JMRnhGkbsebX1A==:17 a=txVIi73YdL4A:10 a=qGEVY6PTvLsA:10 a=6WvLBrxrMboA:10 a=wPDyFdB5xvgA:10 a=Uxmo08gEHq4A:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=A6UKQOO7599w_XAirggA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=MSl-tDqOz04A:10 a=xvUQ5II7JMRnhGkbsebX1A==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 97.102.250.187 Received: from [97.102.250.187] ([97.102.250.187:39713] helo=basement.kutulu.org) by cdptpa-oedge01.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id 5D/0D-17039-17AF17F4; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:35:45 +0000 Received: from localhost (basement.kutulu.org [127.0.0.1]) by basement.kutulu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6630B7D801C for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:35:45 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at kutulu.org Received: from basement.kutulu.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (basement.kutulu.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id k88aAVmWXNQ3 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:35:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from MIKEDESKTOP (173.221.47.98.nw.nuvox.net [173.221.47.98]) by basement.kutulu.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C774A7D801B for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:35:44 -0400 (EDT) From: "Mike Edenfield" To: References: <1332844604.4130.0@numa-i> <4F71BE44.3080206@kutulu.org> <01de01cd0c26$98088c40$c819a4c0$@kutulu.org> <4F71E12F.7060108@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F71E12F.7060108@gmail.com> Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:35:44 -0400 Message-ID: <000901cd0c40$0a137520$1e3a5f60$@kutulu.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQIcf4pAlGLTYqMboeeGXMZePbduhwLpJJVQAnjmOpgChx33pgFtCCB7lZTOyqA= Content-Language: en-us X-Archives-Salt: 1ef94d8d-c614-4939-b4b8-e8d68c9ffe73 X-Archives-Hash: 5cf888fe56e8fd5adce134274f6ce3f6 > From: Dale [mailto:rdalek1967@gmail.com] > Mike Edenfield wrote: > > I'm pretty sure that a stable Dracut is a prerequisite for a stable > > udev-182+. Hopefully with more people taking interest in using an > > initramfs it will stabilize quickly. It's working for me on all of = the > > systems I'm tried it, so I'm going to try switching a couple of > > servers at work over to using it. But none of them have anything > > particularly complex (no net boots, for example) so I don't know how > > much of a test case they'll be :) > I'm still trying to figure out why my dracut init thingy isn't working = right. If I > use the init thingy, I can't su to root from a user. If I don't use = the init thingy, > I can su just fine. By the way, I boot the exact same kernel either = way I boot. So, just to make sure I'm understanding you here (cuz it sounds kinda = crazy) If you specify a dracut-created inittramfs in your grub.conf, your = machine boots, but using 'su' to go from root -> non-root fails?=20 If you remove the initrd line from grub.conf and boot the exact same = kernel, 'su' works fine? What's the error? Cuz once the pivot_root step happens and the real init = is running, things in user-space should be *exactly* the same as if you = had no initramfs. --Mike