* Re: [gentoo-user] The End Is Near ... or, get the vaseline, they're on the way!
@ 2012-03-17 12:54 99% ` Eliezer Croitoru
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From: Eliezer Croitoru @ 2012-03-17 12:54 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On 17/03/2012 14:50, Tanstaafl wrote:
> On 2012-03-17 12:11 AM, Bruce Hill, Jr.
> <daddy@happypenguincomputers.com> wrote:
>> An initramfs which does this is created by
>>> =sys-kernel/genkernel-3.4.25.1 or
>>> =sys-kernel/dracut-017-r1. If you do not want to use these tools, be
>> sure any initramfs you create pre-mounts /usr.
>
> Ok, I have never used genkernel, and have no desire to...
>
> I have no idea what dracut is or how to use it...
>
> I have a remote system that has /usr on a separate partition.
>
> So...
>
> How do I find out if I am actually *using* an initramfs right now (I
> know it is built into the kernel), and
>
> If I am not, how do I do this without using genkernel? Is dracut t he
> only other option? Is it easy/trivial to set one up manually?
>
> I cannot imagine that gentoo is just going to throw me to the wolves
> like this without providing *in-depth* instructions on how to make sure
> my system will boot after this update, like they did with the
> baselayout-2 update...
>
genkernel is pretty simple to use if you ask me.
just
emerege genkernel
and then use
genkerenl --menuconfig all
it will do everything for you the same as in a regular kernel compiling.
you have instructions on how to use genkernel on the handbook.
Regards,
Eliezer
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