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On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:10:55 -0500, Dale wrote: |
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> > That's why I build the initramfs into the kernel and not as a separate |
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> > file. If I do something to break the initramfs I just boot the |
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> > previous kernel knowing it will still work. |
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> I tried that. It broke. It didn't boot not even once. Google was no |
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> help either tho I found others with the same issues but no fix. Right |
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> now I am using the dracut thingy. If it breaks, I have no idea how to |
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> fix it. That's one reason why I left Mandrake, the init thingy kept |
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> breaking every few months. Then after one upgrade, I was just fed up. |
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> I moved on. |
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If you're writing your own init, it's bound to fail at first. Just fill |
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it full of echo statements and keep trying. It probably takes longer than |
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dracut, but you end up with something that not only does what you want, |
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but in a way you understand. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable |
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