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On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 2:43 AM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 09:53:25PM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote |
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>> Perhaps a suggestion for the news item. I'd recommend that anybody |
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>> who needs an initramfs to mount /usr get that working BEFORE they |
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>> upgrade udev. This situation is a heck of a lot easier to figure out |
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>> if the system still can be booted when the initramfs doesn't work. |
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> Question... does it have to be an initramfs, or can the vast majority |
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> of simple cases be handled by a simple initscript in /bin or /sbin that |
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> mounts /usr, and does whatever else is required, before handing off |
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> control to /sbin/init. |
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> I've migrated to mdev, so I won't be seeing this problem, but a simple |
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> solution that works for 95% of users might be the way to go. For the |
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> more complex situations, an initramfs will be necessary. |
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The devs are already discussing moving /bin/* to /usr/bin/* (if I |
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understood correctly), so this will not last. |
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And besides, genkernel and dracut are automatized; they *are* the |
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simple (and proper, IMHO) solution. |
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Regards. |
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Canek Peláez Valdés |
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Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación |
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
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