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On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:09:40 -0500, Dale wrote: |
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> > Read the kernel docs on initramfs, you'll then understand that this is |
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> > not true. |
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> Point is, they are the same to me. Both stand between grub and the |
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> kernel and add yet one more point of failure. I'm not going to nitpck |
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> on the difference between them since I view both in the same way. |
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They are not the same. Your stating that they are the same to you is |
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effectively saying "I know what I believe, don't bother me with the real |
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facts". |
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> > Except you can never break Gentoo with a kernel update because, unlike |
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> > some other distros, installing a new kernel does not uninstall the |
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> > previous one. No matter how badly wrng a kernel update goes, you can |
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> > always hit reset then select the old one from the GRUB menu - |
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> > reinstallation doesn't come into it. |
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> Provided that the old one works tho right? What if I update and it |
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> breaks more than one thing? Then what? |
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That's got nothing to do with the kernel, initramfs or separate /usr. |
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Once init is running, all that is history, it's done its job. If |
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something subsequently fails, it has nothing to do with mounting / |
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and /usr (which is all the initramfs does). |
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> > This isn't even as close as comparing apples and oranges. |
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> To ME, a init thingy is a init thingy. That's why I call them all init |
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> thingys. To ME, both are apples. One may be green and another red but |
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> both are still apples. |
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Please, don't ever offer to feed me :-) |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Computer apathy error: don't bother striking any key. |
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