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Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 12:31:57 -0500, Dale wrote: |
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>> One thing that you seem to be missing here. Before Gentoo, I used |
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>> Mandrake. It had a init thingy. It caused me much grief and is one |
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>> reason I left Mandrake. I also didn't like the upgrade process either |
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>> but one reason I chose Gentoo is no init thingy. I wanted to be rid of |
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>> that. Now, whether it is udev or not, here comes that stupid init |
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>> thingy just because someone doesn't want to put files where they should |
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>> be which is not inside /usr. |
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> Mandrake used an initrd, not the same as an initramfs, which is directly |
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> supported by the kernel. |
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Whichever. Same shoes, different color is all. |
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>> So, given my history with the init thingy, if I do use a init thingy and |
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>> it fails for whatever reason, I'll be installing something else. |
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> Good luck trying to find something else that doesn't use an init*. |
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Thing is, those others are a LOT faster to install. Heck, I got |
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Mandrake down to like 30 minutes from booting CD to booting off the hard |
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drive and logging in and that was a COMPLETE install too. I installed |
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Kubuntu for my brother and while not Gentoo, he doesn't have issues. |
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Kubuntu takes care of the init thingy, NOT ME. If it did break, |
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reinstall and go back to surfing. It fails on Gentoo, I'm stuck. I'm |
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installing something and it won't be spending a good day to two days |
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installing Gentoo. |
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It seems folks think I just don't like new stuff. I don't mind new |
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stuff. I use new stuff quite often. I just don't like using stuff that |
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breaks, switching to something else to get away from it, then turn right |
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around and have the same broken junk thrown back at me. One downside |
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for Gentoo in that case, the install takes tiime and effort. It's not |
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point and click. I love Gentoo but I'm not in love with installing on a |
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regular basis whenever something breaks and I can't fix it or get booted |
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to where I can at least try to find out HOW to fix it. That is the key |
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problem. If I can't boot, I can't google or post here or anywhere |
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else. I know how to fix that tho. I'm sure I can find something that |
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will boot in somewhat short order. Question is, what will it be? |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or |
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how you interpreted my words! |
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