On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:04:37 -0400, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:

> > 1.  The minimal initramfs will only need to be built once (and rarely
> > rebuilt thereafter).  This removes one of my fears and it was a main
> > objection for me
> > - I would hate to have to rebuild initramfs every time I roll a new
> > kernel, or libs and what not of fs happen to be udpated, etc.  
> 
> In my experience, it takes more time to build the kernel than it takes
> to rebuild the initramfs. And if you choose to use dracut, the process
> is automatic (you always call dracut with the same options, unless you
> suddenly add LVM or something similar).

The concern is not the time (Gentoo users are used to waiting for things
to install) it's the opportunity for failure.


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Neil Bothwick

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