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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: locations of binaries and separate /usr
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:20:52
Message-Id: 4F1672A3.2040802@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: locations of binaries and separate /usr by "Michał Górny"
1 Michał Górny wrote:
2 > On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:38:26 -0600
3 > Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
4 >
5 >> Michał Górny wrote:
6 >>> On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:14:52 +0100
7 >>> Enrico Weigelt<weigelt@×××××.de> wrote:
8 >>>
9 >>>> * Micha?? Górny<mgorny@g.o> schrieb:
10 >>>>
11 >>>>> Does working hard involve compiling even more packages statically?
12 >>>> I guess, he means keeping udev in / ?
13 >>> Because adding 80 KiB of initramfs hurts so much? We should then put
14 >>> more work just to ensure that admin doesn't have to waste 15
15 >>> minutes to recompile the kernel (if necessary), create an initramfs
16 >>> and add it to bootloader config?
17 >>>
18 >> 80Kbs? You sure about that? I somehow failed to mention this
19 >> before. I noticed it when I saw another reply to this post. Reality
20 >> check:
21 > 80 KiB is enough for mounting plain /usr and booting with it. See
22 > tiny-initramfs (but I haven't tested it thoroughly).
23 >
24
25 My plan is to have /usr on lvm. I think it will end up larger and it
26 still adds one more thing to break.
27
28 I really wish someone would get a better plan. I think I see a garbage
29 dump ahead with lots of Linux distros headed that way.
30
31 Dale
32
33 :-) :-)
34
35 --
36 I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
37
38 Miss the compile output? Hint:
39 EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n"

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Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: locations of binaries and separate /usr "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>