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 1SD0yZ-00051Y-6p for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:04:19 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7F3ACE0CED; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:04:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from karnak.local (cpc2-lutn10-2-0-cust603.9-3.cable.virginmedia.com [81.97.90.92]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F441E0D6C for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:01:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by karnak.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 691643003 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:01:32 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at local Received: from karnak.local ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (karnak.local [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 0-hnXrZ4lUpC for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:01:30 +0100 (BST) Received: from karnak.local (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by karnak.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF1CC3002 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:01:30 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:01:24 +0100 From: David W Noon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought Message-ID: <20120328230124.057e1472@karnak.local> In-Reply-To: <20120328234027.33766b9c@khamul.example.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> <20120327235215.7834f4c7@khamul.example.com> <4F723F01.4040904@gmail.com> <20120328012023.50434b55@karnak.local> <20120328234027.33766b9c@khamul.example.com> Organization: Luton Operatic Society X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.8; i686-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: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/UC2A=v06YZHclp.CCpV.iJg"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: e95390d0-c4aa-41d0-8b99-5b8a3ab7bdb7 X-Archives-Hash: a959bb730c4e4f05132adcd3a18f5906 --Sig_/UC2A=v06YZHclp.CCpV.iJg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:40:27 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote about Re: [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought: > On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:20:23 +0100 > David W Noon wrote: >=20 > > On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:28:17 -0500, Dale wrote about Re: > > [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought: > >=20 > > > Alan McKinnon wrote: > > [snip] > > >> Everything you fear about udev instantly ceases to exist and is > > >> no longer a problem. Sorted. > >=20 > > And /var ?? >=20 > What about /var? >=20 > The thread is about initramfs and putting /usr onto the / volume to > get around early-boot prolems. >=20 > Surely you do not need the content of /var during early boot? With the pending changes to udev scripts, you could well need /var -- and anything else -- before udev starts. So it is in the same category as /usr. --=20 Regards, Dave [RLU #314465] *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* dwnoon@ntlworld.com (David W Noon) *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* --Sig_/UC2A=v06YZHclp.CCpV.iJg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk9zijoACgkQc9/LpQ70v48NbACeKptT5LRf29pXc83V8YBmSYw/ Mg0AoIGlelOFsUuxL0XaSH9cQdglEZjx =HRws -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/UC2A=v06YZHclp.CCpV.iJg--