Re: [gentoo-catalyst] How is initrd built?

[Eric Edgar]

Catalyst doesnt really support unionfs at the moment. 

You will need to add unionfs to your isolinux loader script to get it to
work.

unionfs=/path/to/block device will let you use a formatted device as the
place to store changes.  This code is VERY experimental and is currently
just starting to be supported.  It will not be in official cds for
sometime as no one has tested it all besides myself.

Rocket

On 11:36 Thu 07 Jul     , Paul Smith wrote:
> %% Eric Edgar <rocket@g.o> writes:
>
>   ee> This is not a bug.  There are symlinks that point /usr/sbin to
>   ee> /sbin in the initrd/initramfs.  It works for me.  If it doesnt
>   ee> work for you would you post the output you are seeing so I can
>   ee> troubleshoot the issue?  Thanks
>
> I think I might have spoken too quickly... I didn't have
> "livecd/gk_mainargs: --unionfs" in my Catalyst livecd.conf file.
>
> Since I haven't succeeded in unpacking the initramfs I really didn't
> know what was in there; I just kind of ass-u-me'd that since the option
> was available, genkernel would have the right stuff.  Then I looked in
> the runtime image and saw that unionctl is in /usr/sbin there, while
> linuxrc was looking for it in /sbin, and leapt to a conclusion :-/.
>
> I'm rebuilding now with the --unionfs option and I'll let you know.
>
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