Re: [gentoo-dev] Opinion against /usr merge

[Walter Dnes]

On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 07:04:15PM -0700, Olivier Cr?te wrote
> The rescue system should be entirely separate from the main system, so
> it survives mishandled upgrades. So having that should not hinder how
> your main system is built. So you should have it as a separate partition
> or you can even have it an initramfs (ie, in a single file on the main
> system).

  If you want *REALLY* "entirely separate from the main system", you
should be looking at a "rescue CD" or bootable USB key.  That's about as
safe as you can get.

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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>