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Robin H. Johnson wrote: |
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> The final solution in this thread: |
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> TL;DR version: If your /usr is NOT on /, you MUST use an initramfs. |
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> More detailed: |
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> 1. If you want /usr or /var on separate partitions (not LVM or anything |
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> elsewhere userspace action is required to make the block devices |
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> usable), then the minimal initramfs (or something more capable) MUST |
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> be used so that udev is happy. |
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> 2. If your /usr, /var, root etc block devices require userspace action |
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> (eg LVM, MD, crypto, firmware etc). You MUST use genkernel, dracut or |
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> some other initramfs of your own creation. The proposed minimal |
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> initramfs WILL NOT handle these situations. |
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The need of init* is just what I want to avoid. Seeing how this is |
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coming, I'm glad I didn't get /usr, /var set up on LVM just to find out |
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I got to put it back like it was before I put in all the effort to do it. |
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Pardon me for saying this, this is a crap sandwich. Whoever came up |
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with this should have to eat it. I hope all the people this messes up |
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has his/her email addy. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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