From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD319138202 for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 02:05:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6F64D21C110; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 02:04:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.194]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1634821C041 for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 02:03:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-208-231-133.ubr01a.rte20201.pa.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [66.208.231.133]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus3) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0M0yKl-1SvtvN343T-00uO3K; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:03:03 -0500 Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 20:03:01 -0600 From: Bruce Hill To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Anyone switched to eudev yet? Message-ID: <20121225020301.GP26547@server> References: <87txrd6pb3.fsf@ist.utl.pt> <20121223182037.1553813f@khamul.example.com> <87bodk7lb6.fsf@ist.utl.pt> <20121224085528.56f535ec@khamul.example.com> <50D85167.9060309@gmail.com> <20121224204817.335033c6@khamul.example.com> <50D8B467.4080100@gmail.com> <20121224230413.GL26547@server> <20121224182907.2bf6d3d6@fuchsia.remarqs.net> 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=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20121224182907.2bf6d3d6@fuchsia.remarqs.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:b0oVONZlCEB7caLHLmagXJZPPssC5bd0AuLjMppa82u R0LJYFMUmSMhAQ8rvfyjlFeCIq65zIrNohezUOb6Flou6Ql272 TV4fT67KhniJY+45kFKNOP06AKHh1BtxqsS6KLFlj4j5r39ARv e2gAThNY5AhNNID0NxxUAYNEIJEazdKWvadev5vtlhyYpbVRxs bjSApNNfGCD38ZoDVO8BYbor3i6HjWnclCuOT9DNTfWbSEO797 Ap5Dt76YKL2dEpP9665hVrWU4buEZ/ZXXpLW8YhnQns7inRmSw K0cH8KnXtFQJ7wKU5N3LYvUVYjWFXP+z+HtkT0eq/wA6l1QD1a zsCUYvM8sUq7Bpw6zcWBapRTA/LO50z1i63JC9CQf X-Archives-Salt: 53b7ad4a-ae8f-4abb-8d9c-0f1f2c2e1e74 X-Archives-Hash: 556dc4ab5e8d7fc8146e32bd5a0896f6 On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 06:29:07PM -0600, »Q« wrote: > On Mon, 24 Dec 2012 17:04:13 -0600 > Bruce Hill wrote: > > > Gentoo had mkinitrd once upon a time, but it's now in attic. > > Somewhere, sometime, for some reason, initramfs (inital ram > > filesystem) became vogue for the Gentoo camp, rather than initrd > > (initial ram disk image), and mkinitrd got retired. > > Is there Gentoo documentation for creating initramfs without using > dracut? I could only find documentation for doing it *with* dracut, > and that procedure required using genkernel. Surely Gentoo must have > an initramfs guide for non-genkernel users, but I couldn't find one. Do you understand that initrd.gz and initramfs are *not* the same thing? -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ support@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting