On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 5:54 PM Grant Taylor <
gtaylor@gentoo.tnetconsulting.net> wrote:
[...]
> > Arguing against this trivial (and IMHO, elegant) solution is tilting at
> > windmills. Specially if it is for ideological reasons instead of
> > technical ones.
>
> Please clarify what "this trivial solution" is.  Are you referring to
> initramfs / initrd or the 'split-user' USE flag?

The trivial solution (IMO) is to use an initramfs. Rich gave a much more
elaborated answer.

Regards.
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Dr. Canek Peláez Valdés
Profesor de Carrera Asociado C
Departamento de Matemáticas
Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México