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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Warn users not to do separate /usr partition without proper initramfs in the handbook?
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:40:42
Message-Id: CAGfcS_nf2h+ioa4VbpY9Y7GhrE4R0VLET1Av7JrnuVNEf3S+eA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Warn users not to do separate /usr partition without proper initramfs in the handbook? by Samuli Suominen
1 On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 3:27 AM, Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o> wrote:
2 > Since running separate /usr without mounting it from initramfs on top of
3 > / before init is and has been broken with udev for a long time now[1][2][3]
4 >
5 > [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=364235
6 > [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/UsrMove#Move_all_to_.2Fusr
7 > [3] http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken
8 >
9 > Can we warn users about not doing the separate /usr mistake in the handbook?
10
11 My feeling is that we should still consider this a supported
12 configuration, so any warning should be along the lines of "note that
13 we're still having issues making this work properly so be careful for
14 now." Or, better still explain how to configure the initramfs to
15 mount /usr.
16
17 I actually run this configuration without an initramfs and haven't had
18 issues so far. If you want to run with a small root partition I don't
19 see much alternative.
20
21 Does the genkernel initramfs mount /usr currently?
22
23 Rich