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 1R24bA-0004FZ-8X for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:10:42 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4F9D121C1F2; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 17:10:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bw0-f53.google.com (mail-bw0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4456C21C1C6 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 17:09:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkbzs8 with SMTP id zs8so2419329bkb.40 for ; Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:09:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=hIbkkfPfHvBuWV8LOw7O8hIOmGvtxBplan7Dk60fmoQ=; b=OIsfpGX+TOiHv/kDXqWv6xURTEgFr7PQBUnwHhgCMMgyv1cX+htHE4E1MjUYkb0UJl YOA3qsyOB1jg+tjM+mGd8VrvlY75+y90VAeaG1TSRZPPwS/u1n8iWgvZJSg6PY3TW65s JqjSE2551AMpAMxR0HBU418jwW9NyisIXbRFQ= 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 10.204.143.79 with SMTP id t15mr1438944bku.206.1315588145367; Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:09:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.155.79 with HTTP; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 10:09:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110909190414.41e52ce0@weird.wonkology.org> References: <201108191109.34984.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <11342928.W3O2ONNTLv@tux> <4E69D406.9000909@gmail.com> <20110909133547.2cc7747c@weird.wonkology.org> <4E6A426A.7060205@coolmail.se> <20110909190414.41e52ce0@weird.wonkology.org> Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 13:09:05 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/sda* missing at boot From: Michael Mol To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 26068fd446a502506776ba487bdf0fd7 On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Alex Schuster 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? :) -- :wq