Michał Górny wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:38:26 -0600
> Dale<rdalek1967@...>  wrote:
>
>> Michał Górny wrote:
>>> On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:14:52 +0100
>>> Enrico Weigelt<weigelt@...>   wrote:
>>>
>>>> * Micha?? Górny<mgorny@g.o>   schrieb:
>>>>
>>>>> Does working hard involve compiling even more packages statically?
>>>> I guess, he means keeping udev in / ?
>>> Because adding 80 KiB of initramfs hurts so much? We should then put
>>> more work just to ensure that admin doesn't have to waste 15
>>> minutes to recompile the kernel (if necessary), create an initramfs
>>> and add it to bootloader config?
>>>
>> 80Kbs?  You sure about that?  I somehow failed to mention this
>> before. I noticed it when I saw another reply to this post.  Reality
>> check:
> 80 KiB is enough for mounting plain /usr and booting with it. See
> tiny-initramfs (but I haven't tested it thoroughly).
>

My plan is to have /usr on lvm.  I think it will end up larger and it 
still adds one more thing to break.

I really wish someone would get a better plan.  I think I see a garbage 
dump ahead with lots of Linux distros headed that way.

Dale

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