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From: David W Noon <dwnoon@...>
Subject: Re: InitRAMFS - boot expert sought
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:20:23 +0100
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:28:17 -0500, Dale wrote about Re: [gentoo-user]
InitRAMFS - boot expert sought:

> Alan McKinnon wrote:
[snip]
>> Everything you fear about udev instantly ceases to exist and is no
>> longer a problem. Sorted.

And /var ??

> But what about using LVM?  People was all for me using it a while back
> and I want to use it, see other post, but now because of this, I'm not
> supposed to.

I promised you (plural) an easy initramfs solution a few months back.

I have an initramfs image of 1.6MiB that supports LVM and
mounts /usr, /var and any other LVM volume or partition you wish.  I
have been able to boot with it since about January (hardware issues on
my development box permitting).  I will release a Python script to
build it from a single command in the next 10 days or 2 weeks.  The
real chore will be writing the documentation (as with most software
development efforts).

For me, the best part is its diminutive size, as my /boot partitions
are only 32MiB each.  The fact that it works every time should make you
feel secure against whatever the udev developers can throw at us.
-- 
Regards,

Dave  [RLU #314465]
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