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From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: newsitem: unmasking udev-181
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:33:34
Message-Id: robbat2-20120313T103034-405238159Z@orbis-terrarum.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: newsitem: unmasking udev-181 by Walter Dnes
1 On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 04:43:06AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
2 > Question... does it have to be an initramfs, or can the vast majority
3 > of simple cases be handled by a simple initscript in /bin or /sbin that
4 > mounts /usr, and does whatever else is required, before handing off
5 > control to /sbin/init.
6 Elsewhere on this list, you will find a script that does roughly what
7 you propose, written by WilliamH and myself. We're not going to support
8 it. There are too many corner cases that are hard to recover from with
9 the script - and MUCH easier with the 'debug' argument to a genkernel
10 initramfs.
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13 Robin Hugh Johnson
14 Gentoo Linux: Developer, Trustee & Infrastructure Lead
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