Re: [gentoo-user] Another plan for /usr and udev-181

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 11:03:43PM -0500, Canek Pel??ez Vald??s wrote:

> Mmmh. You don't need single user mode anymore with an initramfs (at
> least with dracut). From dracut.cmdline(7):
>
> rd.break={cmdline|pre-udev|pre-trigger|initqueue|pre-mount|mount|pre-pivot}
>            drop to a shell on defined breakpoint
>
> You add that to your kernel command line in GRUB/GRUB2, and it drops
> you tou a shell before doing the mount (pre-mount). Then you only need
> to put the necessary LVM tools in the initramfs; since my LVM
> installation is 3.13 MB, it sounds like a reasonable feature. Or you
> can have a "fat" initramfs (with another GRUB entry) for resizing LVM
> volumes, and a "slim" normal initramfs with its corresponding GRUB
> entry.
>
> Other way in which (IMHO) an initramfs is a better option that
> stuffing everything and the kitchen sink on /.

Interesting stuff.  I see I had better get familiar with dracut and
maybe try some things out.

Back in the stone age, there was no kitchen sink to put in /bin :-)

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