Neil Bothwick <neil@...> writes:

> On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:26:46 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
>
>> > As you move more and more software off of /usr into / you start to
>> > realize that the idea of "tiny partition that contains just what I
>> > need to boot and mount /usr" is becoming "not so tiny" anymore. The
>> > distinction between what is "boot" software versus "user" software
>> > gets less clear.  
>> 
>> Again, isn't this the same for an initramfs?
>
> No, because an initramfs only needs enough to mount / and /usr, then
> everything else comes from the usual source. If you're not using and
> fancy block devices, the initramfs only needs busybox and an init script.
> Even adding LVM, RAID and encryption only requires three more binaries -
> and those are all disposed of once switch_root is run and the tmpfs
> released.

The question remains. If it's possible to do that from an initramfs,
then shouldn't it be possible to put the same tools and binarias on /,
and mount /usr early?