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From: David Leverton <levertond@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Warn users not to do separate /usr partition without proper initramfs in the handbook?
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 17:58:36
Message-Id: 201107301857.50079.levertond@googlemail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Warn users not to do separate /usr partition without proper initramfs in the handbook? by Rich Freeman
1 On Saturday 30 July 2011 18:38:55 Rich Freeman wrote:
2 > On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 1:20 PM, David Leverton
3 > > From /etc/conf.d/fsck, seems like a reason to keep the / FS as small as
4 > > possible to reduce the amount of time spent waiting during boot:
5 > Well, that only really has a benefit if the system can do something
6 > useful between the time that root is mounted and /usr is mounted,
7 > which is probably a "no."
8
9 Not quite sure what you mean there... I meant that OpenRC lets you move non-/
10 fscks to shutdown, but you still have to wait for / to be checked during boot
11 whenever it's due, so it's good to have it small so you don't have to wait too
12 long.