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 9ADB61381F3 for ; Sun, 29 Sep 2013 18:45:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C5BB4E0F4C; Sun, 29 Sep 2013 18:45:23 +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 B4405E0F32 for ; Sun, 29 Sep 2013 18:45:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-208-231-133.ubr01a.rte20201.pa.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [66.208.231.133]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus4) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0Lx8mf-1VtFgv05er-0171u3; Sun, 29 Sep 2013 14:45:21 -0400 Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 13:45:19 -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: <20130929184519.GQ23408@server> References: <52461056.9020604@gmail.com> <5246BE35.3010408@libertytrek.org> <5246D674.1010806@hadt.biz> <5246F07F.8050100@gmail.com> <524716C0.203@hadt.biz> <52471D5B.2020506@gmail.com> <52483E04.4040900@libertytrek.org> <52484627.1020102@gmail.com> <5248656F.3060602@libertytrek.org> <524870B4.8090905@gmail.com> 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: <524870B4.8090905@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:09KyHrcegiPYdGCPbmb3fZ9M9WQ2Oq56VjorLMUElpQ jxyPU26P7n1V3FI1lk+e7FIlNZAHVp91S72QUXzH3KgF+JHY2D 95GahWGrzKV+PfNQe/OKBmH5ZBb1lopIJ6Q4SBE0Z8bUyaoclx pwJW8VtYE04n3uHWzFKfRnVgvQW5/VblOD8drCua70Ldt9zYPh 2wDEISKGxNhyHsi4iowOYhseQ/SYuwsxrmbq+0MITj0dCKTn5e 7VGPPl8dX/4LHupbkP6CFeD940Gf0I+zhM5FhSt4znImWfe3ze 5aiV7BFLgXd1gtm0Wba79UStGgaXWgQWR+I6+Fplecedx4QaSm 6myuqqqKLaSW1DXH4WEtm96yIBRD8cFsgZwmadJc2 X-Archives-Salt: bd789e43-7907-4d64-be6f-1dc58ccddfba X-Archives-Hash: c827941e4606f0dbb0d40424cc63d077 On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 01:25:56PM -0500, Dale wrote: > Tanstaafl wrote: > > > > The way I see it, if y ou cannot provide a rational answer to that > > question, then there is no reason for you to use this as a reason to > > abandon gentoo, only a reason to merge /usr into /... > > > > > > Simple, I have never had to resize / or /boot before. I have had to > resize /usr, /var and /home several times tho. THAT is the reason. For > me, it doesn't matter if it is rational to YOU or not. I am the one > doing things on my puter not you or anyone else. If the init thingy > fails, that will be me staring at a error message, not you. > > I hope that clears it up for you. > > Dale Most eloquently sir! -- 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