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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc: dwnoon@××××××××.com
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:30:20
Message-Id: 20120329002640.11ecf6e5@khamul.example.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought by David W Noon
1 On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:01:24 +0100
2 David W Noon <dwnoon@××××××××.com> wrote:
3
4 > On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:40:27 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote about Re:
5 > [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought:
6 >
7 > > On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:20:23 +0100
8 > > David W Noon <dwnoon@××××××××.com> wrote:
9 > >
10 > > > On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:28:17 -0500, Dale wrote about Re:
11 > > > [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought:
12 > > >
13 > > > > Alan McKinnon wrote:
14 > > > [snip]
15 > > > >> Everything you fear about udev instantly ceases to exist and is
16 > > > >> no longer a problem. Sorted.
17 > > >
18 > > > And /var ??
19 > >
20 > > What about /var?
21 > >
22 > > The thread is about initramfs and putting /usr onto the / volume to
23 > > get around early-boot prolems.
24 > >
25 > > Surely you do not need the content of /var during early boot?
26 >
27 > With the pending changes to udev scripts, you could well need /var --
28 > and anything else -- before udev starts. So it is in the same
29 > category as /usr.
30
31 Maybe, maybe not.
32
33 However, no-one apart from you is even suggesting such a thing. For my
34 part I'm going to ignore that possibility and concentrate on those
35 things that are being seriously suggested.
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39 --
40 Alan McKinnnon
41 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com

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