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 6CF971381F3 for ; Sat, 28 Sep 2013 12:54:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EA11BE0BF8; Sat, 28 Sep 2013 12:54:47 +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 E82F5E0BE9 for ; Sat, 28 Sep 2013 12:54:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-208-231-133.ubr01a.rte20201.pa.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [66.208.231.133]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus1) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MSciy-1VFyRU1xQq-00Rqnr; Sat, 28 Sep 2013 08:54:45 -0400 Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 07:54:43 -0500 From: Bruce Hill To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] separate / and /usr to require initramfs 2013-11-01 Message-ID: <20130928125443.GH23408@server> References: <20130927222109.GD23408@server> <5246079E.7090406@gmail.com> <20130927223916.GE23408@server> <52460D42.2080109@gmail.com> <52461056.9020604@gmail.com> <52469659.8040003@gmail.com> <20130928123045.GG23408@server> <20130928134927.189f34de@memphis.local> 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: <20130928134927.189f34de@memphis.local> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:GYSl/dV3AbXrA899cZHCy26DhQo2h+7CO4wmIN+Lhtg jc0f9Ejdcu7sx7VtYJomtzar3+c0RxI46t/xahQtpGE7AkwPN8 BvP3wHVSx1HonXiSk9RrQrYHI4c1EevS2fe3JUFynZQ9yAfTin bqqvOb2h9+zM5lk9F5QJM7w25oxeQDytbWn7kRlwiHa5wfScD/ zNeACuJf2yYFHBrI/HU0YH4+5Ah9x/DxJeK/bCH78+2QnkHNfN 8OfP7vJkjji1p5u/rbP/cC3xXnexWNA3i4S6X2x9eah0DVB9Ty FUBDr9z5+rS+p35dbQI1qvq+Z9+x0bY7knh0v8SDhv6nlY+I5l 2/RIh1/q7gRkFQ2zlNjSKAvps64s2nwtcHaAfzs6l X-Archives-Salt: c1e75ba3-a8ab-40d1-9d43-ee63c013a7f3 X-Archives-Hash: 65a41a1217a5313ff05b979e73d2d9d4 On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 01:49:27PM +0100, David W Noon wrote: > > I'm taking option 4: keep things the same until something breaks and > then (and only then) do whatever is necessary to fix it. > > [Note that I have already done option 3 -- even going back to the days > of initrd, which was required by SuSE a decade or more ago when I was > running that distro.] You can only confidently make that choice because you already learned HOW-TO make an initramfs. And, contrary to popular FUD, initrd.gz work today, also. -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ support@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting