From: Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@online.de>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: /boot or not /boot (was Re: [gentoo-user] can't stop the panic on eeepc)
Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 14:41:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200905091441.44936.dirk.heinrichs@online.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <74245F0F-E9C8-45F4-8EEC-36486348FFC7@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>
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Am Samstag, 9. Mai 2009 12:20:46 schrieb Stroller:
> > This is Gentoo, so you as the user define the rules. And for _me_,
> > it definitely
> > _is_ a rule.
>
> Could you possibly explain why, please?
Because it eliminates the need for an initramfs (which I used until a few
weeks ago), even if you've got your / on an encrypted logical volume. I simply
put just enough userspace tools into /boot to be able to create the dmcrypt
mapping and mount the real root fs, then run pivot_root and /sbin/init.
So in the end it's the same than using an initramfs, but with less hassle. And
for consistency reasons, I also use this scheme on every machine.
Bye...
Dirk
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-05-09 12:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-05-06 19:51 [gentoo-user] can't stop the panic on eeepc maxim wexler
2009-05-06 20:15 ` Daniel da Veiga
2009-05-06 20:41 ` Masood Ahmed
2009-05-07 16:37 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2009-05-07 16:48 ` Saphirus Sage
2009-05-07 16:52 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2009-05-07 19:37 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-05-07 20:46 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2009-05-07 20:53 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-05-07 21:00 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2009-05-07 21:16 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-05-07 21:34 ` Neil Bothwick
2009-05-07 21:42 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-05-08 17:04 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2009-05-08 17:17 ` Daniel da Veiga
2009-05-08 20:58 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2009-05-08 21:12 ` Neil Bothwick
2009-05-08 21:23 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2009-05-09 10:20 ` Stroller
2009-05-09 12:41 ` Dirk Heinrichs [this message]
2009-05-09 12:46 ` /boot or not /boot (was Re: [gentoo-user] can't stop the panic on eeepc) Dale
2009-05-09 12:54 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2009-05-09 13:15 ` Dale
2009-05-09 23:34 ` Neil Bothwick
2009-05-09 23:58 ` Dale
2009-05-10 6:48 ` Francesco Talamona
2009-05-10 7:50 ` Dale
2009-05-09 13:13 ` Stroller
2009-05-09 13:23 ` [gentoo-user] Re: /boot or not /boot Dirk Heinrichs
2009-05-09 15:23 ` /boot or not /boot (was Re: [gentoo-user] can't stop the panic on eeepc) Alan McKinnon
2009-05-10 12:24 ` Stroller
2009-05-11 17:09 ` [gentoo-user] Re: /boot or not /boot Dirk Heinrichs
2009-05-07 16:35 ` [gentoo-user] can't stop the panic on eeepc Dirk Heinrichs
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