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On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:58:26 -0500 |
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Matthew Summers <quantumsummers@g.o> wrote: |
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> Why is an in-kernel initramfs so bad anyway? I am baffled. Its quite |
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> nice to have a minimal recovery env in case mounting fails, etc, etc, |
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> etc. |
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Because the initramfs is just replacing what / used to be, and it's |
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even less well handled than "stuff not in /usr" is just now. All using |
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an initramfs does is move the dependencies problem from somewhere where |
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we have a solution that used to work and that still mostly works to |
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somewhere where we don't have anything at all. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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