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 1E08E1381F3 for ; Mon, 19 Aug 2013 20:44:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D3B22E0F52; Mon, 19 Aug 2013 20:43:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f181.google.com (mail-we0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AAA2DE0F22 for ; Mon, 19 Aug 2013 20:43:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f181.google.com with SMTP id q57so3559149wes.12 for ; Mon, 19 Aug 2013 13:43:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=wQlZhA/BiN2w1mf+U/3hGHx0wntwC/FjihOgLTtWbCU=; b=YFIS8y9J/+67uHsdfJjCpWajyqtRdUjpkavwFvdR/VEfX41McAVxXTyvT0PsdU2lm5 gE/uUffTT6Dat7qukn6U+eiyNcRTYItpjAVeDnJQy2x6sJOeBfmUTY7JZeUbSpKoRSge 5enB9MfcslPMdbQalrwJJ/kbIhWc+Fc08iN2i7Nl1gCLlOJZg/Bjoqyvh31oH5Wdg0ti 5PuDfSt4NqaSHkeJzsk/Q5C41CrXz4RaWWDtj0Uv+7anilG7eiymXYuBnrNNtUAKMw6q EVHaynJReE5mNntQLbr65QnTylkOZUn5tLYcbDjB5dNozSgE4mpFzgWnculjFfq//i7T 1EBQ== X-Received: by 10.194.94.137 with SMTP id dc9mr3361884wjb.38.1376945036370; Mon, 19 Aug 2013 13:43:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [172.20.0.40] (196-210-127-211.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.210.127.211]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id l7sm19503125wiw.4.1969.12.31.16.00.00 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 19 Aug 2013 13:43:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <521282C8.4000403@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 22:40:40 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130809 Thunderbird/17.0.8 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: Optional /usr merge in Gentoo References: <5211226F.2000000@libertytrek.org> <201308182208.43780.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <521142A7.1020702@coolmail.se> <52121D0F.5030004@libertytrek.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 41cab1f3-1f3c-470b-9c08-d080e5eebd0c X-Archives-Hash: 598b180b339d1a4918b3a72eeb1bef91 On 19/08/2013 16:20, Alecks Gates wrote: > Can someone please explain to me what's so hard and/or complicated > about making an initramfs? At this point in time it's extremely > simple for me, but I only manage relatively simple systems (although > I'd like that to change soon). All I do is add one extra line (for > example - "dracut -H --kver=3.11.0-rc6") to my kernel install > procedure. Precisely. It's not hard, it's actually almost automatable. It's vastly simpler than configuring a kernel, something we all seem to take in our stride and wear as badges of honour. It's arguably even easier than figuring grub out the first time through. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com