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Hi Steven, |
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On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 06:48:33AM +0100, Steven J Long wrote: |
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> Thing is it runs before the real init[1] so if we are using a separate /usr |
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> partition on LVM, will it still work? I'd have thought not, since we need |
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> the device-mapper service and there's /etc/lvm.conf to consider, but I'll |
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> gladly be told different. |
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No, you are correct about this. This does not work if you have /usr on |
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lvm, mdadm, or encrypted. The same applies to /. That is the situation |
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where you would need an initramfs. |
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I'm curious, have you seen our initramfs guide yet [1]? Making and using |
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an initramfs seems to be pretty well documented these days. |
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William |
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[1] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/initramfs-guide.xml |