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On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Steven J Long |
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<slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> The thing I don't understand is why it is necessary to move stuff from /bin |
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> to /usr/bin. After all, if you're running the "approved" setup you don't |
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> have a separate /usr so all the binaries are available from the get-go. |
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Where is this approved setup documented? Consider guides like this one: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86+raid+lvm2-quickinstall.xml |
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While you're fixing that you might want to write up an "easy migration |
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guide" for anybody who followed our official docs in "the past" (with |
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"the past" including up to the moment that the raid+lvm guide is |
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updated)... |
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> Sure, if you have binaries in /bin that link to libraries in /usr/lib that |
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> could be an issue, but only if you're running with a separate /usr and don't |
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> have it mounted when udev starts. So again, not the "approved" setup, and |
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> something you as an admin already have to deal with by making sure /usr is |
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> mounted when udev starts (either via an initramfs, or by a tweak to udev |
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> startup scripts[1].) |
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Well, it is hard to think of a meaningful raid+lvm configuration that |
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doesn't require an initramfs of some sort with the dependence on files |
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in /usr during boot. So, getting our initramfs options improved and |
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supporting this configuration just makes sense regardless before we |
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unmask newer versions of udev. |
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Raid+lvm isn't exactly an unusual use-case. Many distros actually use |
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at least lvm by default now. |
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Rich |
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