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 1SCXV7-0002SL-UX for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:35:58 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D8599E097C; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:35:43 +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 8437DE07FA for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:33:38 +0000 (UTC) X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=FOSZNpUs 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=7mOBRU54AAAA:8 a=FTyOqNWZ5wMzeQO2Qo4A:9 a=T4ZyHddpr9swoB_HwD4A:7 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=xvUQ5II7JMRnhGkbsebX1A==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 97.102.250.187 Received: from [97.102.250.187] ([97.102.250.187:39548] helo=basement.kutulu.org) by cdptpa-oedge02.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id 4E/44-21438-1CFC17F4; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:33:37 +0000 Received: from localhost (basement.kutulu.org [127.0.0.1]) by basement.kutulu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2FC6112001 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:33:36 -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 WXs-bm4ScxSO for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:33:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from MIKEDESKTOP (173.221.47.98.nw.nuvox.net [173.221.47.98]) by basement.kutulu.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1D6857D801B for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:33:36 -0400 (EDT) From: "Mike Edenfield" To: References: <1332844604.4130.0@numa-i> <4F71BE44.3080206@kutulu.org> In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:33:35 -0400 Message-ID: <01de01cd0c26$98088c40$c819a4c0$@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: AQIcf4pAlGLTYqMboeeGXMZePbduhwLpJJVQAnjmOpiVtDUjsA== Content-Language: en-us X-Archives-Salt: c3e7e6ff-1d31-4789-aa8c-91e683313306 X-Archives-Hash: 62bc8c0b3ae7687fa1052297b164e8d6 > > If this is all you need, I recommend you use dracut. The default > > installation (no use-flags or optional modules) will product an > > initramfs that loads whatever you current rootfs and /usr partitions = are. > > > > I've been working on updating the wiki with more detailed > > instructions; for your case what's there now ought to be plenty: > > > > http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Dracut >=20 > Dracut is masked on ~amd64. Bugs me, as I'd rather use something like = that > than genkernel (I very much like building my own kernels; it helps me = keep > things lean, and keeps me familiar with the capabilities of current = and future > systems). But now I have to find time to learn how to use Genkernel. >=20 > If we're going to be shoved into tight space like this, I'd be nice if = the "you > can just use $x" tools work on stable. I've got three = previously-working > systems at home I can't risk rebooting right now because of this = udev+/usr > nonsense. I almost invariably put /usr and /home on top of LVM, RAID = or > both. 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 :) --Mike =20