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 50759138202 for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 02:14:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BA6B221C06B; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 02:14:45 +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 198E821C035 for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 02:13:36 +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 0MLNtq-1TnrzD1uD4-000CYc; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:13:34 -0500 Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 20:13:32 -0600 From: Bruce Hill To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Anyone switched to eudev yet? Message-ID: <20121225021332.GQ26547@server> References: <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: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:EfFo+h3IrCDjc+1UoQlqY5I2GQHJHJ6e/iAuXADB0ON hRbwIfsJ9P3z2xiBIJzsMc/SVTf7nunghcNQb9f+igmr15J/9M G4VuMHX2b6AXMr84+C+bnxvF5o9V9FHi6T/QeoM7ps9qKBJYkn v0VemaoBiW5kYzwuf4wAZVCSoMqSDVUsaVt2cZQleki1g55G4I Yf50UldWNvy8UaYg9l/pyE2u/woGmIgT8GD8fOuPnHRMSfHDEM jMuxHo+RwKFPeBNoqCTcSH9pWe+WV1QtfggnHfuoYS340Ax4vG jRgC+E5J+JvPh08eSOQy3VTUMF/R0Z649XLYp1S/j1PNpUnAAg 7Vs+ziWwG+EXPj1pN7QIkaUADh27N2CqVVctFB0XA X-Archives-Salt: 443d3bdb-190d-46ba-87a2-120530ae4771 X-Archives-Hash: d9ea4b18fd0dc9a1eee891e18049e09f On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 04:54:08PM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 4:29 PM, »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. > > > > > > I used this one (I think!!!) 6 months or a year ago. It worked first > time but it was a bit of work getting there: > > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Initramfs Same question ... initrd.gz and initramfs are *not* the same thing; and there was a package called mkinitrd in Gentoo that was retired to attic some time ago, before my exodus from Slackware to Gentoo; therefore, I don't know it's history. Most distros still have a mkinitrd script, but not Gentoo. And there are lots of resources online which can guide you in making an initrd or initramfs. I'm an old guy and don't care to learn too much new unless someone very knowledgable in *nix (not just one distro) can give me a good reason for doing so. No one has with initramfs to date. -- 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