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 D09CF1381FB for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 14:25:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7169421C07F; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 14:25:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ns1.bonedaddy.net (ns1.bonedaddy.net [70.91.141.202]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2089921C078 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 14:24:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ns1.bonedaddy.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ns1.bonedaddy.net (8.14.5/8.14.4) with ESMTP id qBQEOKtY015624 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 09:24:20 -0500 Received: (from tgoodman@localhost) by ns1.bonedaddy.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id qBQEOKci015620 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 09:24:20 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: ns1.bonedaddy.net: tgoodman set sender to tsg@bonedaddy.net using -f Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 09:24:20 -0500 From: Todd Goodman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Anyone switched to eudev yet? Message-ID: <20121226142419.GE16323@ns1.bonedaddy.net> References: <50D85167.9060309@gmail.com> <20121224204817.335033c6@khamul.example.com> <50D8B467.4080100@gmail.com> <20121224230413.GL26547@server> <20121224182907.2bf6d3d6@fuchsia.remarqs.net> <20121225021332.GQ26547@server> <20121225165143.GB11243@ns1.bonedaddy.net> <20121225232612.GW26547@server> 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-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20121225232612.GW26547@server> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 09930bab-998c-43eb-b7d6-52556af73c57 X-Archives-Hash: 52cd5de54c1ec174408f72080f27e2bc * Bruce Hill [121225 18:30]: > On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 11:51:43AM -0500, Todd Goodman wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > > > Try reading the kernel Documentation. (e.g., > > /usr/src/linux/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt.) > > > > initramfs is an improvement over initrd. > > > > Todd > > Having read it years ago it still fails to give me a good reason for using it. It gives plenty of good reasons. If they aren't good for you then fine. But if you read it you wouldn't be asking why initrd went away and was replaced by initramfs. Todd