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From: Sven Vermeulen <swift@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: newsitem: unmasking udev-181
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:36:57
Message-Id: 20120312183437.GD11336@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: newsitem: unmasking udev-181 by Ryan Hill
1 On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 12:49:11AM -0600, Ryan Hill wrote:
2 > We should really have some documentation on how to create a minimal initramfs
3 > that mounts /usr (if we don't already, I haven't looked). I've never needed
4 > one until now and don't have the foggiest idea how it's done. I can't be the
5 > only one.
6
7 I just started the tracker [1] for the documentation changes and sent info
8 to gentoo-doc mailinglist about it. The upcoming days, I'll have the needed
9 updates trickle into the documents.
10
11 [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=407959
12
13 > Also, the handbook still endorses having a separate partition for /usr and
14 > includes it in the example setup. This should be changed now, not when
15 > stabilization time comes.
16
17 It's an example, and we still endorse it. Only will we now tell users to use
18 an initramfs with it.
19
20 Wkr,
21 Sven Vermeulen

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[gentoo-dev] Re: newsitem: unmasking udev-181 Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@g.o>