From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BF61138202 for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 00:55:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CCC6621C0B7; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 00:55:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qa0-f50.google.com (mail-qa0-f50.google.com [209.85.216.50]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0204C21C037 for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 00:54:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qa0-f50.google.com with SMTP id cr7so5050080qab.16 for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 16:54:09 -0800 (PST) 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:content-transfer-encoding; bh=opQ805Qd8aVdhKvqBHM5A+PV86Ixp56J/8jqcs1MZRc=; b=ey2Pk/VBIXjY2goDqyHM/M6XLA0LjmwuQieoPyLHf3H8B3opNa1lN4RRs0LeCwggyd OR8Xr07SQth+jhZtELX3p29pNHGEfdftv7B4D3FhtAkw3ZIB891g22bZd/rXXU6hbljh 5nMkBF3khZV+TStLCBKk+8g1IFhCvtAEfi0I4heDrFWx5UxPrS1HTTVFpc3FK3TnT2xd gfYHKWk44X2d20Jf5YO+d7iEuSRGp24qJeASolgXgDA6X0RQV/QzQdmqHFWJpTIUk04I Whrv0K6NuHdmyagkZCW2ziRbQlIekNVjWgWhEd91GuJvGI03j12BDQ0O9vUjQYrCrOEP QEmg== 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 10.229.77.212 with SMTP id h20mr2775224qck.0.1356396848920; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 16:54:08 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.229.186.132 with HTTP; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 16:54:08 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20121224182907.2bf6d3d6@fuchsia.remarqs.net> References: <20121218163332.7956f31a@khamul.example.com> <87txrd6pb3.fsf@ist.utl.pt> <20121223182037.1553813f@khamul.example.com> <87bodk7lb6.fsf@ist.utl.pt> <20121224085528.56f535ec@khamul.example.com> <50D85167.9060309@gmail.com> <20121224204817.335033c6@khamul.example.com> <50D8B467.4080100@gmail.com> <20121224230413.GL26547@server> <20121224182907.2bf6d3d6@fuchsia.remarqs.net> Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 16:54:08 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Anyone switched to eudev yet? From: Mark Knecht To: Gentoo User Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 2bc1dcfc-9390-4fa9-92c8-59434cf7c54d X-Archives-Hash: fecc1755e901e78f217abf4c92ad2907 On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 4:29 PM, =C2=BBQ=C2=AB wrote: > On Mon, 24 Dec 2012 17:04:13 -0600 > Bruce Hill wrote: > >> Gentoo had mkinitrd once upon a time, but it's now in attic. >> Somewhere, sometime, for some reason, initramfs (inital ram >> filesystem) became vogue for the Gentoo camp, rather than initrd >> (initial ram disk image), and mkinitrd got retired. > > Is there Gentoo documentation for creating initramfs without using > dracut? I could only find documentation for doing it *with* dracut, > and that procedure required using genkernel. Surely Gentoo must have > an initramfs guide for non-genkernel users, but I couldn't find one. > > I used this one (I think!!!) 6 months or a year ago. It worked first time but it was a bit of work getting there: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Initramfs