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 1SCeM5-0002Z4-OS for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:55:06 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5D884E0683; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:54:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f181.google.com (mail-wi0-f181.google.com [209.85.212.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1586E0655 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:53:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhr17 with SMTP id hr17so332908wib.10 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:53:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=+ejuyTCRl9OeI6PMa/eUEH3qJ4oc6Q4bZLNs0BFQct0=; b=oNpi1H9PBNEeJu5OclvSJRyXSHliFmwBewcRE10fATkPn1IgE86/SRp82vdYFiT2Qh gCgceSDBtCV2TRESyZGl1Ozk/0j/AxsLvWNqskeHA2NGSm20V7MmrqRv/3+AyMKJ5oOk jUmGSZlbubG0Pk8hD/mOaM5bHyVNra/O8XdTJtiacToX2Qy7GR+YYp26cadTsN8xw+Or Cr//qznMF9dcHNB4tDI8PI+EfcKQYVvCe8yiu+emxBIlbnb7ktdhyPxyMVhi7rgXNUq6 cqNrUldvx0uMoN8F8fWkgNAdxN8ZSxcOPpfyllh30YQcO7U3oqsircF1p2xHnDJ3Sq37 oRkQ== Received: by 10.216.136.232 with SMTP id w82mr15511629wei.119.1332885203994; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:53:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from khamul.example.com (196-210-183-224.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.210.183.224]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id gd4sm4402292wib.6.2012.03.27.14.53.21 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:53:22 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:52:15 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought Message-ID: <20120327235215.7834f4c7@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: <4F72348A.2060407@gmail.com> References: <1332844604.4130.0@numa-i> <4F71BE44.3080206@kutulu.org> <01de01cd0c26$98088c40$c819a4c0$@kutulu.org> <4F71E12F.7060108@gmail.com> <000901cd0c40$0a137520$1e3a5f60$@kutulu.org> <4F720751.3020900@gmail.com> <4F72149D.7060605@darkmetatron.de> <4F721D30.8090400@gmail.com> <4F722735.90500@gmail.com> <4F72348A.2060407@gmail.com> Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) 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=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 6e2a9876-97f7-41c1-88cf-8bf2a837f0dd X-Archives-Hash: c43aac6b68fdae55e145e8920530f53a On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:43:38 -0500 Dale wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Dale wrote: > > > >> I like, even love, Gentoo. Thing is, if it gets to where it > >> doesn't work like it should for me, there's no point in me using > >> it. If I wanted a OS that doesn't work well for me, I'd be buying > >> M$'s crap. Hey, it does install fairly fast but it is pretty > >> crappy. LOL > >> > > > > What? Me worry? > > > > Chill Dale. The Gentoo devs will get it there. > > > > And what will you do if Ubuntu doesn't boot? Learn another distro? > > Nahh... ;-) > > > > - Mark > > > > > > > That's why I want something that I can install fast. Gentoo certainly > isn't the right choice for that. If Kubuntu fails, I can just > reinstall and not format /home. It doesn't take to long and I'll be > back up and running. I already keep a fairly up to date sysrescue so > having something for some other distro wouldn't be a huge issue. See this mountain peak you think you see in front of you? The one you call Everest? You got it wrong about that mountain Dale. It's a little mole hill in the back yard. Make / big enough to contain /usr as well. Move stuff over and delete the /usr partition. Everything you fear about udev instantly ceases to exist and is no longer a problem. Sorted. > > Right now, if Gentoo fails to boot because of the init thingy, I have > no idea how to fix it. None at all. I know the basics of what it > does but no idea how to fix it when it breaks. That's where I am now > with regard to my other post. I can't su to root when using the init > thingy but can when I don't use the init thingy. I have no clue > where to even start to fix it. Is it dracut itself? Is it some > script? Is it some option I gave it that conflicts with something > else? I have absolutely no idea why but I know it has something to > do with me using the init thingy since it works fine without it. > > Me clueless since this is something I tried to avoid in the past and > not sure why it is needed now either. > > More questions than answers for sure. > > Dale > > :-) :-) > -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com