From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KKtqL-0001Fm-33 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:46:17 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3CF3FE0309; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:46:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF3ADE0309 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:46:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (unknown [192.168.1.167]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 553E63ACFE1 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:46:14 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:46:09 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] A few questions on trying to install Message-ID: <20080721124609.41fa1d12@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200807211331.51841.dirk.heinrichs@online.de> References: <7bef1f890807202247q79d4568sa8b9e6ab11499e43@mail.gmail.com> <200807211109.09861.dirk.heinrichs@online.de> <20080721120924.08311dad@digimed.co.uk> <200807211331.51841.dirk.heinrichs@online.de> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0cvs30 (GTK+ 2.12.11; i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Face: 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 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: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/C9Qb4MsXSj4U1f_MjFz8/+C"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: fcb0764f-ea46-4280-a0f4-d7b12206044c X-Archives-Hash: 10adc222ecdd0edfeae21835a27a902b --Sig_/C9Qb4MsXSj4U1f_MjFz8/+C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:31:51 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > If you don't want to use an initramfs, you don't need a > > separate /boot =20 >=20 > However, there's some advantage in using one: >=20 > 1) Can use a different fs than /. Not a lot of point though, for a minimal / any general purpose FS will be fine. > 2) Can be shared by different installations/distributions. True, but that can get messy. I've done it in the past, but now keep each distro self-contained, apart from /home and swap. > 3) Allows to encrypt (and/or use LVs for) everything else. But then you need an initramfs. I'd say this was the strongest argument for using an initramfs. --=20 Neil Bothwick Why marry a virgin? If she wasn't good enough for the rest of them, then she isn't good enough for you. --Sig_/C9Qb4MsXSj4U1f_MjFz8/+C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkiEdwUACgkQum4al0N1GQNJSQCgw4GL+Q2jBgOP/nqEH5nO/xYB Ry8An1dc7bVIdFkku48DwiRCb4MkaPfG =zyNV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/C9Qb4MsXSj4U1f_MjFz8/+C--