From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1S8A2N-00013h-Vv for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:44:12 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 849DBE0C4E; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:43:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a44.g.dreamhost.com (caibbdcaaaaf.dreamhost.com [208.113.200.5]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E7A6E0C37 for ; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:41:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a44.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a44.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAD3A11805C for ; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:41:35 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=libertytrek.org; h=message-id :date:from:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s= libertytrek.org; b=H0ed4XV02zlU0Ev5kIF08Hc/2QL2trS9sq3+Y2tibUgXL qBNFVu89/BjiITBdFrTD5Nz64qB4mOacg7WPJXxGmVnh0wB+uFvSjPU4dtdKRbAa hnE8ykRIXLaFtRmgca4FMuizN3qMhbJ2Nit2+8z44q/W1vpzOPUIzSgF/OkYsA= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=libertytrek.org; h= message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s= libertytrek.org; bh=y6eHQdbLdBiCBmlrHBe61qKruOM=; b=dz2hQKSYmTb5 UNhwoa1DWxLMJnZBEp1c5bYqAtAhXs9VjctFWt35joewgjEE/6aIjhvPIZjRUOtR Y/bh7Wxxfn4BtrriEaMRexbcRtTtTO81AK6vGHlFYo57AKw0/VCKlvsKB1KZWU9W AVQvSOLAYJkfLxhc0geY67VOllYy7Fk= Received: from [127.0.0.1] (50-76-228-201-static.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [50.76.228.201]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: tanstaafl@libertytrek.org) by homiemail-a44.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 78A82118055 for ; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:41:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4F61E382.7060803@libertytrek.org> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:41:38 -0400 From: Tanstaafl User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20120216 Thunderbird/10.0.2 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: LVM, /usr and really really bad thoughts. References: <292166434.606817.1331577566543.JavaMail.open-xchange@email.1and1.com> <4F5E853F.8060404@gmail.com> <017301cd00bd$24bce2f0$6e36a8d0$@kutulu.org> <20120313091356.5a947032@khamul.example.com> <07ed01cd01fd$ea6c6b60$bf454220$@kutulu.org> <005701cd022f$e8228fb0$b867af10$@kutulu.org> <20120315010310.GC32691@waltdnes.org> <4F615834.2050608@gmail.com> <20120315091356.62d6714c@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20120315091356.62d6714c@digimed.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: b3309de7-e735-46b1-a477-8e416c7edac7 X-Archives-Hash: c984822ce57e636ed5dc7e3244923fe5 On 2012-03-15 5:13 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > That's why I build the initramfs into the kernel and not as a separate > file. If I do something to break the initramfs I just boot the previous > kernel knowing it will still work. Ok, time to show my ignorance... How would I know if I am using an initramfs, and if I was, whether it was built into the kernel or not?