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From: Mike Edenfield <kutulu@××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:20:38
Message-Id: 4F71BE44.3080206@kutulu.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought by Helmut Jarausch
1 On 3/27/2012 6:36 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > I've been looking for simple method to create a simple
5 > initramfs to just mount the /usr partition.
6 >
7 > I've found
8 > http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Basic_initramfs_used_to_check_and_mount_/usr
9
10 If this is all you need, I recommend you use dracut. The
11 default installation (no use-flags or optional modules) will
12 product an initramfs that loads whatever you current rootfs
13 and /usr partitions are.
14
15 I've been working on updating the wiki with more detailed
16 instructions; for your case what's there now ought to be plenty:
17
18 http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Dracut

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Re: [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought du yang <duyang.seu@×××××.com>