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From: Sven Vermeulen <sven.vermeulen@××××××.be>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] /usr vs. initramfs redux
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 06:23:54
Message-Id: 20110806061815.GA3314@siphos.be
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] /usr vs. initramfs redux by William Hubbs
1 On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 07:42:29PM -0500, William Hubbs wrote:
2 > On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 10:06:48PM +0200, Sven Vermeulen wrote:
3 > > That said, I'm a bit hesitant to describing that we "recommend" it
4 > > regardless of the situation. What is wrong with describing when? At least
5 > > inform our users that the udev rules have evolved to more than just "detect
6 > > and mknod" scripts and that they are now relying on files and binaries
7 > > available in other locations, like /usr and /var.
8 >
9 > It looks like the situation where we will have to have one is if /usr
10 > and /var are not on the same file system as /, because of how udev has
11 > evolved.
12
13 This isn't always true. I have /usr and /var on separate logical volumes
14 (and as such, separate file systems) yet I don't use DEVTMPFS nor an
15 initrd/initramfs, so I'm sure that the answer is a bit more specific.
16
17 Wkr,
18 Sven Vermeulen

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[gentoo-dev] Re: /usr vs. initramfs redux Steven J Long <slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk>