From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (unknown [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59DCD1381FA for ; Fri, 16 May 2014 11:56:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0DE97E0A52; Fri, 16 May 2014 11:56:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pb0-f45.google.com (mail-pb0-f45.google.com [209.85.160.45]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EEB6EE0A10 for ; Fri, 16 May 2014 11:56:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pb0-f45.google.com with SMTP id um1so2521395pbc.4 for ; Fri, 16 May 2014 04:56:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=user-agent:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding:content-type:subject:from:date:to :message-id; bh=GAYnmL6NutpFEWh1eZplY3tO6eHBqL+nrXIKnQSW6ao=; b=wSuOheF92BcuU1wO0baG5Q75XZYpNJPwj9acs8cdSc9H4Lbu3QE1/Gnw6LdP6sFhSm 3yjMjf5qwhEarnE5d1KvXFV0cbYn6Kh/W3QDzjfXcO5P7Hn+SZ8vixybpGwKt+dZXRUa aOW7GS3Tjs9AHBJCVWyc8Erp7V+OqIjBfm+qJNH6OoegrofD2gBfj9zz8Mb+nvPgQTyw SFkZCJCOvm5s/yxKIAIjLo6Qa1Q85PdfFBu9dktgUnV+lwuMnIF5jHOah6RxsdL/4L33 SGXXvwCYe5J9PCLCqjNf2CKEl+CXF4/qumDSuIz06ZwNYMaacduOQVqU93TB8DepoItc 3ZaQ== X-Received: by 10.66.197.201 with SMTP id iw9mr20046937pac.151.1400241398968; Fri, 16 May 2014 04:56:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.58.112.51] (pa49-181-233-192.pa.nsw.optusnet.com.au. [49.181.233.192]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id qj3sm14196994pbc.91.2014.05.16.04.56.36 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 16 May 2014 04:56:38 -0700 (PDT) User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android In-Reply-To: <5375DE75.7070501@xunil.at> References: <5364C0F9.3000906@xunil.at> <2219291.LPmZhmqkJ1@andromeda> <536545AB.2060008@xunil.at> <53672D31.1030108@xunil.at> <53746809.9080604@xunil.at> <5374855C.4040203@xunil.at> <537506FE.3090701@xunil.at> <5375DE75.7070501@xunil.at> 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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] boot problems From: Bruce Schultz Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 21:56:24 +1000 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Message-ID: X-Archives-Salt: 5de9a2aa-7be2-4d5a-85a2-acedb231a9db X-Archives-Hash: 7c4bb1743d1bf33f82dcbad910ae7a55 On 16 May 2014 7:46:29 PM AEST, "Stefan G. Weichinger" wrote: >Am 15.05.2014 20:33, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: >> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger > wrote: >>> Am 15.05.2014 20:05, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: >>> >>>> With -H, you don't get the kernel cmdline, and therefore your >kernel >>>> cannot load your LVM volumes since it doesn't know their... names? >I >>>> don't knot the terminology. >>>> >>>> In any case, you need to set --hostonly-cmdline (or >>>> hostonly_cmdline="yes" in the config file), *besides* -H. >>> >>> ok ... I pulled your changes (kerninst) from github ... on the web I >see >>> it, but it doesn't get into my copy here ... strange. >>> >>> As I don't need it right now, I will (a) wait or (b) edit manually. >>> >>> No problem. >> >> I actually *removed* -H from kerninst. That should be configured in >> the user's dracut.conf; now I have: >> >> hostonly="yes" >> hostonly_cmdline="yes" >> >> in my dracut.conf. > >Yes, I understood ... thanks. > >Aside from that a more general question: > >Does it it any way help to have a *small* (= as small as possible) >initramfs? > >Maybe on embedded systems but on the big multi-GB-ram-machines we use >it >doesn't make much difference, right? > >I ask because in all my reorganizing furor I also thought that now with >btrfs only I could get rid of "lvm mdraid" as dracut-modules. I can try >... ;-) (don't call me "ricer") If you have a multi-disk btrfs, I think you need to add the btrfs dracut module. At least that's how I remember it, but its been a while & my memory could be failing me, or it could well have changed since then. Bruce -- :B