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 1SD0gF-000257-7B for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:45:23 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F328CE0EA7; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:44:52 +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 85C98E0E79 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:41:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by werm13 with SMTP id m13so1048264wer.40 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:41:38 -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=DigIH9bftHC/3awaBLR+PNboQvHxAPJ7l+On/PUTvJ0=; b=MhO2z16VAAwgLVKE7cgwsCvPTGYvUBS+4cVjMlR4V/oNbXgYqUprm/H16rEX01SEh+ mTcY0xOQsWMPlB76NyilzvqlaYMb/gcesgYKY4qw7M5i8Ifk1HAha9Ckq1JsKvRz8oFv b8jct+Z7EfCZndTP9JRn62WgbWFLxgTCk++091CI3+Ea64D7JfIJX4ubhvlF1N2vC1UI LluAJMjyv4xKL00TbOmf4zwVJqIJQWZqaIdO21mMTlua9LVBPKIl2UWFpioxgxk815U8 ft/SCAkhI7EVy8b2aAVamPr/5sw24bLAgNWU1uGJfQxPyu3keKbfIrFtyewUOJ4Qab6S Z8QA== Received: by 10.180.82.136 with SMTP id i8mr1542628wiy.19.1332970898686; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:41:38 -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 n8sm18434412wix.10.2012.03.28.14.41.36 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:41:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:40:27 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought Message-ID: <20120328234027.33766b9c@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: <20120328012023.50434b55@karnak.local> 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> 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: 363107a3-581b-4d05-a2a6-396ca6f1f504 X-Archives-Hash: f0cbf751937600c1ab2b4a1b7daa356d On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:20:23 +0100 David W Noon wrote: > On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:28:17 -0500, Dale wrote about Re: [gentoo-user] > InitRAMFS - boot expert sought: > > > Alan McKinnon wrote: > [snip] > >> Everything you fear about udev instantly ceases to exist and is no > >> longer a problem. Sorted. > > And /var ?? What about /var? The thread is about initramfs and putting /usr onto the / volume to get around early-boot prolems. Surely you do not need the content of /var during early boot? -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com