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 1SD0dy-0001fY-Pn for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:43:07 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1CA8BE0E8B; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:42:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f181.google.com (mail-we0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EF39E0E49 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:39:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by werm13 with SMTP id m13so1047116wer.40 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:39:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :organization:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=bQPrhBGrVpXWSlEbwoYKFXtLW/bX7hK/j7izz+s6Yg8=; b=tfpmmh4y//DlmvufwwDZ7sLp5xvTW3zMnx3X+83Kb4gSHNX4N7QqTTsVFVOOZv62TC 3Sw1OYvNToYwk1jtm0hznIoRYSoHLvl+FnKdPkrXGWDm87RQapH5NV2XkkHcuw+cIpE5 AIolD39dUi7bPkCKz2IRsGkLn1SamcQJquLQVGCERWqfR8GqdP0yKwXOVtCj69d+Onu0 xHOhsiO0ELIzRO9h+rYSTAV0vLIj6S31GyM6NtI7kSwRKuehsL9Gj6FpglRau03leGob Z7JaEKHDtjSLTTesFYq86djgKBqLaKsb3HYbA7yJnNAcryoMtXNQ1BFzWQyGXZfVe1Jr Dojw== Received: by 10.180.101.230 with SMTP id fj6mr1596848wib.13.1332970773822; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:39:33 -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 gd4sm18444218wib.6.2012.03.28.14.39.30 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:39:32 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:38:21 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Cc: neil@digimed.co.uk Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought Message-ID: <20120328233821.7adb888e@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: <20120328085123.49bebafe@hactar.digimed.co.uk> 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> <20120328000433.6e990754@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <4F72517A.3090300@gmail.com> <20120328085123.49bebafe@hactar.digimed.co.uk> 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: 02d21649-2a40-4c14-a7fc-a0470dde3e0d X-Archives-Hash: b7d0964a1e491b83e86aed358e1bc277 On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:51:23 +0100 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:47:06 -0500, Dale wrote: > > > > Why not post the details of it? All an initramfs is is an init > > > script and a few binaries. Extract the init script, the initramfs > > > file is a plain cpio archive, and post it here. > > > > I did post it a week or so ago in another thread. > > The init script? I didn't see it, which thread? > > > Yea, I know all that. They are breaking one thing to fix something > > else so that they don't have to deal with fixing what they broke. > > I got that a long time ago. ;-) > > I'm coming round to the point of view that the breakage predates udev > by many years. The whole idea of having four directories for binaries > and two for libraries is an inelegance that I have come to accept > over the years but only because it is "the way we have always done it" four and two? You're the lucky one. I have six and three minimally on every server, plus however many the proprietary fellows felt like sticking in /opt.... -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com