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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: LVM, /usr and really really bad thoughts.
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:05:12 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120315130512.6f19efd1@digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F61E382.7060803@libertytrek.org>

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On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:41:38 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:

> > That's why I build the initramfs into the kernel and not as a separate
> > file. If I do something to break the initramfs I just boot the
> > previous kernel knowing it will still work.  
> 
> Ok, time to show my ignorance...
> 
> How would I know if I am using an initramfs, and if I was, whether it 
> was built into the kernel or not?

Well, you built the kernel, so you should know.

Technically, we are all using an initramfs as all 2.6/3 kernels mount an
initramfs when they load. If does not contain an init script, they fall
back to the legacy behaviour.

See /usr/src/linux/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt


-- 
Neil Bothwick

It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning
to others.

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  reply	other threads:[~2012-03-15 13:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 71+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-10  2:48 [gentoo-user] LVM, /usr and really really bad thoughts Dale
2012-03-10  3:44 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-03-10  4:16   ` Dale
2012-03-10  5:41     ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-03-10  6:03       ` Dale
2012-03-10  8:45         ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-10  9:45           ` Dale
2012-03-10  9:52             ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-10  9:53             ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-10 10:30               ` Dale
2012-03-10 10:49                 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-10 11:28                   ` Dale
2012-03-10 11:12             ` William Kenworthy
2012-03-10 10:58 ` pk
2012-03-10 15:35   ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-10 20:50     ` pk
2012-03-10 21:01       ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-03-10 22:12       ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-11  2:36       ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-03-11  9:37         ` pk
2012-03-11 12:16           ` Jorge Martínez López
2012-03-11 18:26             ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-03-12 18:13               ` Jorge Martínez López
2012-03-11 20:59             ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2012-03-12 18:23               ` Jorge Martínez López
2012-03-12 18:30                 ` Michael Mol
2012-03-12 18:39                   ` Bruce Hill, Jr.
2012-03-12 20:25                     ` Mick
2012-03-12 20:39                     ` Michael Mol
2012-03-12 20:40                     ` Alan McKinnon
2012-03-12 23:22                     ` Dale
2012-03-12 23:53                       ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-03-13 15:35                         ` Alan McKinnon
2012-03-13 15:50                           ` Pandu Poluan
2012-03-13  1:58                       ` Mike Edenfield
2012-03-13  4:54                         ` Pandu Poluan
2012-03-13  7:13                           ` Alan McKinnon
2012-03-13  7:31                             ` Pandu Poluan
2012-03-13  7:38                               ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-03-13  8:03                                 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-03-13 11:07                                 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-13 18:34                             ` pk
2012-03-14 16:17                             ` Mike Edenfield
2012-03-14 16:28                               ` Pandu Poluan
2012-03-14 22:15                                 ` Mike Edenfield
2012-03-15  1:03                                   ` Walter Dnes
2012-03-15  2:47                                     ` Dale
2012-03-15  9:13                                       ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-15 10:10                                         ` Dale
2012-03-15 10:18                                           ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-15 12:41                                         ` Tanstaafl
2012-03-15 13:05                                           ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2012-03-15 13:56                                             ` Tanstaafl
2012-03-15 14:13                                               ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-15 14:13                                               ` Mark Knecht
2012-03-16  5:39                                             ` Joost Roeleveld
2012-03-16  8:47                                               ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-15 14:09                                       ` Mike Edenfield
2012-03-15 14:47                                         ` Michael Mol
2012-03-15 16:37                                           ` Pandu Poluan
2012-03-16 18:14                                         ` Dale
2012-03-15 12:38                                     ` Tanstaafl
2012-03-13  8:09                       ` Walter Dnes
2012-03-13  8:20                         ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-03-14 14:21                         ` Dale
2012-03-14 14:41                         ` Alan Mackenzie
2012-03-14 14:55                           ` Pandu Poluan
2012-03-13  8:15       ` [gentoo-user] " Walter Dnes
2012-03-11  3:25     ` John Blinka
2012-03-10 17:13 ` Todd Goodman
2012-03-10 21:07   ` Dale

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