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 1OQrvZ-0006AB-3w for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:05:25 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C0C4BE0BA3 for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:05:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 953E0E0AE0 for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:46:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 462C21B40CD for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:46:16 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.925 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.925 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.326, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id T6xofGo5jh7f for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:46:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F2E51B409F for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:46:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OQrcn-0000Om-Gh for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:46:01 +0200 Received: from adsl-69-234-177-246.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net ([69.234.177.246]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:46:01 +0200 Received: from w41ter by adsl-69-234-177-246.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:46:01 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: walt Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Boot hangs after install, no error Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:45:53 -0700 Message-ID: References: <4C1958B9.4000903@gmail.com> <4C1F7817.7020208@gmail.com> <4C1FA976.4020804@gmail.com> <201006212026.54478.wonko@wonkology.org> <4C1FB70F.4090505@gmail.com> <4C1FC51E.7030003@gmail.com> <4C1FCA2D.1070207@gmail.com> <4C1FE11A.3020406@gmail.com> <4C1FE9B8.8040704@gmail.com> 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-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-69-234-177-246.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.3a6pre) Gecko/20100621 Thunderbird/3.2a1pre In-Reply-To: <4C1FE9B8.8040704@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 24adab2a-ee89-4218-ab1d-a378aa0f9eb5 X-Archives-Hash: f154eeb3798599ea3ffc087c6dbe5472 On 06/21/2010 03:37 PM, Dale wrote: > I don't use initrd and not sure why most people need one... Good point, and I'd like to know why, too. AFAIK the major use of initrd is on installation CD's, where the maker of the install disk has no way of knowing in advance what hardware/filesystems the "installee" is using, and thus must be ready for any surprise. If this point of view is misguided or incomplete, please hit me with the cluestick, asap :) (BTW, hal is never off-topic for Dale. Don't ask why, it's ancient history now, just like hal. I don't think Dale is ancient history, though, quite yet, well, almost ;)