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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 13:09:05 -0400
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/sda* missing at boot
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On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Alex Schuster <wonko@wonkology.org> wrote:
> pk writes:
>
>> On 2011-09-09 13:35, Alex Schuster wrote:
>>
>> > When I switched to using an initramfs, it was not very complicated. I
>> > simply use genkernel. With CLEAN="no" and MRPROPER="no", it uses my
>> > /usr/src/linux/.config and does not change the kernel options. Then
>> > comes genkernel --install --lvm -luks all, and I have kernel and
>> > initramfs
>>
>> And for those that like to do without genkernel? Again, adding another
>> layer for things to go wrong.
>
> I just wanted to say that it _can_ be easy. When I installed my system, I
> knew I would need an initramfs, and while I knew what that is, I did
> not know how to set it up. But then I thought about trying genkernel,
> which I never used before, and it worked very well. I did not have to
> care about the details. Instead of make bzImage modules modules_install
> and copying the results to /boot, I use the genkernel command, and that's
> it.
>
>> > I don't get this one. Why do you want to copy an existing /usr
>> > partition to another one?
>>
>> He said he wishes to move his /usr to a spare partition (the part about
>> KDE4)... I assume his /usr currently resides on / (or maybe a smaller
>> partition that he cannot easily expand).
>
> Right, I somehow overlooked this, thanks for pointing that out. Dale, if
> you want to avoid the initramfs, what about moving large stuff
> like /usr/src to another location and symlinking it? That's a hack, but a
> small one compared to what an initramfs is :)
Why symlink? Why not make it its own mountpoint? :)
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