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Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> Creating a new thread for this questions since mine got lost in all of |
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> the follow-ups... |
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> I would really appreciate a meaningful response to this question (maybe |
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> I should go ask this on -dev?) - this has the potential to lose me |
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> forever as a gentoo user (I'm sure none of you are crying over that, but |
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> *I* am), and I've seen other similar comments... I'm thinking of FreeBSD |
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> too (and PCBSD for my desktop)... |
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> Anyway... |
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> On 2012-03-17 12:11 AM, Bruce Hill, Jr. |
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> <daddy@×××××××××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>> An initramfs which does this is created by |
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>>> =sys-kernel/genkernel-3.4.25.1 or |
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>>> =sys-kernel/dracut-017-r1. If you do not want to use these tools, be |
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>> sure any initramfs you create pre-mounts /usr. |
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> Ok, I have never used genkernel, and have no desire to... |
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> I have no idea what dracut is or how to use it... |
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> I have a remote system that has /usr on a separate partition. |
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> So... |
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> How do I find out if I am actually *using* an initramfs right now (I |
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> know it is built into the kernel), and |
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> If I am not, how do I do this without using genkernel? Is dracut the |
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> *only* other option? Is it easy/trivial to set one up manually? |
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> I cannot imagine that gentoo is just going to throw me to the wolves |
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> like this without providing *in-depth* instructions on how to make sure |
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> my system will boot after this update, like they did with the |
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> baselayout-2 update... |
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> Personally, I have no problem with not having a separate /usr any more, |
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> except that I have 3 remote systems that I manage right now that already |
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> *have* a separate /usr... |
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> On that note - is it possible, and if so, does anyone have any decent |
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> detailed How-to's on how I might be able to convert a separate /user to |
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> one on directly on / on a running system? |
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I'm going to add this. I have been using a init thingy that I used |
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dracut to build. When I boot using the init thingy, my system doesn't |
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work right. I am able to reproduce this too. Right now, if I use the |
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init thingy, I can't use part of my system that for me is vital. I |
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can't switch from user to root in anything, not even a console. So right |
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now, I'm having to boot without the init thingy and still want to |
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migrate /usr to LVM. That is certainly not going to happen right now. |
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My advice, mask udev to what works for you until all this mess get |
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sorted out. The first time someone tries to ssh in as a user, then su to |
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root, they are going to have a bad day if they run into the issue I am |
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having. Remember, most admins set remote systems not to allow root to |
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login directly as a security feature. That's what I have read anyway. |
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Just keep it so you can use it until you know the bugs are sorted out. |
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I'm still trying to figure mine out. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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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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Miss the compile output? Hint: |
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EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n" |