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On 3 January 2012 01:58, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 6:47 AM, Sven Vermeulen <swift@g.o> wrote: |
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> > And how does dracut know which files it needs to mount my /usr? |
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> I assume based on the selection of modules that you enabled when |
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> building/running it. |
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> I believe dracut builds static binaries, so it mainly needs updating |
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> when you build a new kernel. |
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It also takes a list of filesystem types to add support for mounting , and |
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copies the mount.* binaries across to the tmpfs root image, along with any |
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dependencies. |
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May help to understand if you see the listing of the cpio'd archive: |
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https://gist.github.com/1550652 |
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Its sort of magical really. |
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You'll note its only got a smattering of console fonts, particularly |
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"usr/share/consolefonts/ter-112n.psf", which I'm not even sure how it works |
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out. |
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The only place I have that configured is /etc/conf.d/consolefont and it |
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somehow works it out. |
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You may also notice a non-standard 'v86d' in sbin/ , for uvesafb support. |
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Its added by a simple dracut module I whipped up in 10 minutes, and its far |
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simpler to do with dracut than it ever was with genkernel. |
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/usr/share/dracut/modules.d/95v86d/module-setup.sh |
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#!/bin/bash |
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# -*- mode: shell-script; indent-tabs-mode: nil; sh-basic-offset: 4; -*- |
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# ex: ts=8 sw=4 sts=4 et filetype=sh |
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check() { |
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return 0 |
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} |
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depends() { |
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return 0 |
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} |
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install() { |
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local _d |
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dracut_install "/sbin/v86d" |
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} |
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Been using dracut for 2+ months now and love it. |
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Sure, I've had to re-implement the bits of genkernel I actually used , and |
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I still lack an "add it to grub.conf for me" option, but its still overall |
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a net improvement in my eyes. ( I only ever really used genkernel to |
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automate compile and initrd creation, all the things that would touch the |
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.config file I disabled ) |
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Here is basically what I run after I have my .config ready: |
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https://gist.github.com/1550685 |
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-- |
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Kent |
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perl -e "print substr( \"edrgmaM SPA NOcomil.ic\\@tfrken\", \$_ * 3, 3 ) |
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for ( 9,8,0,7,1,6,5,4,3,2 );" |
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