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On 01/07/2012 07:58 AM, Zac Medico wrote: |
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> That seems like an awfully large initramfs to load into memory for every |
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> boot, just to have it wiped from memory after switching to the real |
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> root. It's fine as long as you're not trying to shave every last |
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> microsecond off of your boot time though. |
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The size is 59MB, |
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core2duo 2x2.20GHz, 44MB/s HDD needs approx 3 seconds reading from xfs /boot |
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> An alternative approach to a having a bulky initramfs "recovery |
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> partition" like yours would be to put the content of a livecd/usb |
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> recovery disk onto a spare partition, and configure your lean busybox |
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> initramfs to mount that as the root if something goes wrong with your |
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> real root. |
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Yeah, i have full disk ecnryption and /boot is my "recovery" partition. |
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I don't want to reboot or picup usb/optical media to fix problems. |
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Well, and i can backup my system via nc/ssh/sshd/..., plus screen-lock. |
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3 seconds "penalty" on approx 50 boos/year are less time than standing |
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up and search-rescue an potentially outdated external media. |
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And yes, I decided against recompiled binaries (USE=-X) in favor of |
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creation time (approx 3 minutes), that f**ks vim and nethack. |
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Michael |
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Gentoo Dev |
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http://xmw.de/ |
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