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On Sep 1, 2013 7:51 AM, "Mark David Dumlao" <madumlao@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 8:13 AM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> > On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 02:19:56PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote |
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> >> So there seems to be no real need to create a static linux kernel |
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> >> with ZFS inside. |
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> > See |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?full=1#book_part1_chap7 |
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> >> Now go to File Systems and select support for the filesystems you use. |
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> >> Don't compile the file system you use for the root filesystem as |
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> >> module, otherwise your Gentoo system will not be able to mount |
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> >> your partition. |
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> > You can get away with most stuff as modules; ***BUT NOT THE ROOT |
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> > FILESYSTEM***. Think about it for a minute. Gentoo reads modules off |
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> > the disk. If the code for the root filesystem is a module, Gentoo would |
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> > have to read the module off the disk to enable it to read the module off |
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> > the disk... OOPS. This is a classic "chicken and egg" situation. |
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> And this is why the initrd was actually invented. |
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initrd |
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> It's a means of loading kernel modules so that the root filesystem can be |
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> mounted as a module. |
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Not everyone is willing to use an initr* thingy. It's another potential |
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breaking point. |
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I have no problem with /usr being 'merged' with /, in fact I have been |
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doing that for a couple of years now. |
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But I will keep myself a mile away from an initr* thingy. |
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Rgds, |
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