* Re: [gentoo-user] After /usr conflation: why not copy booting software to /sbin rather than initramfs?
@ 2012-03-27 14:46 99% ` Neil Bothwick
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From: Neil Bothwick @ 2012-03-27 14:46 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:26:46 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> > As you move more and more software off of /usr into / you start to
> > realize that the idea of "tiny partition that contains just what I
> > need to boot and mount /usr" is becoming "not so tiny" anymore. The
> > distinction between what is "boot" software versus "user" software
> > gets less clear.
>
> Again, isn't this the same for an initramfs?
No, because an initramfs only needs enough to mount / and /usr, then
everything else comes from the usual source. If you're not using and
fancy block devices, the initramfs only needs busybox and an init script.
Even adding LVM, RAID and encryption only requires three more binaries -
and those are all disposed of once switch_root is run and the tmpfs
released.
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Neil Bothwick
This is as bad as it can get; but don't bet on it.
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