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 1SCWVn-0001Ab-J0 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:32:35 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 27B5AE08DD; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:32:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-f53.google.com (mail-bk0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB5D6E08BB for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:30:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkwj4 with SMTP id j4so5682683bkw.40 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:30:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=2fUPlInJH1iCyXJQTKPDoEfRxe+2G2wP2qTzD9ZTKZE=; b=ej9zUyVKoq6kS8KD4xirAXGdAuX8FMF0XEMITKIxJI9WARSljm1PxH1bmOCzc3JhZE 97vtId88l+3PE1y117A5EJyOFdslnopBRZ8v/AYGwfnOhcvjtk7rMPzZpVsYW9uZf+e1 eBGW1Jtb8PyEtvCOSLo/zkaEoFAfcBe+EZiCV+xOWOQg5781WUwuxirDMx06Za5oJWI9 S6rGOpwbzkPC8OBs+R60DjsP1LeXpd7o0Sq2iqFmGsgpuQsbOyNfgkvARQmlSRx7KWWY UYgH9vGt2itMYOxB821Mt8bpetKoV6U3adwOS9ffJA/1TV61+ZR67WeAnDiPnUNiShVC op+Q== 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 Received: by 10.205.81.3 with SMTP id zw3mr6319318bkb.30.1332855041987; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:30:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.164.76 with HTTP; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:30:41 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4F71BE44.3080206@kutulu.org> References: <1332844604.4130.0@numa-i> <4F71BE44.3080206@kutulu.org> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:30:41 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought From: Michael Mol To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: ff702561-43c2-4531-98db-738c02ec64dd X-Archives-Hash: 9b67e501ab2334b245d4249c45be53f3 On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Mike Edenfield wrote: > On 3/27/2012 6:36 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I've been looking for simple method to create a simple >> initramfs to just mount the /usr partition. >> >> I've found >> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Basic_initramfs_used_to_check_and_mount_/usr > > > If this is all you need, I recommend you use dracut. The default > installation (no use-flags or optional modules) will product an initramfs > that loads whatever you current rootfs and /usr partitions are. > > I've been working on updating the wiki with more detailed instructions; for > your case what's there now ought to be plenty: > > http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Dracut Dracut is masked on ~amd64. Bugs me, as I'd rather use something like that than genkernel (I very much like building my own kernels; it helps me keep things lean, and keeps me familiar with the capabilities of current and future systems). But now I have to find time to learn how to use Genkernel. If we're going to be shoved into tight space like this, I'd be nice if the "you can just use $x" tools work on stable. I've got three previously-working systems at home I can't risk rebooting right now because of this udev+/usr nonsense. I almost invariably put /usr and /home on top of LVM, RAID or both. -- :wq