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On Sunday, August 14, 2016 08:38:42 PM Mike Gilbert wrote: |
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> On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 4:29 PM, J. Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> > On August 14, 2016 8:55:32 PM GMT+02:00, Neil Bothwick |
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<neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> >>On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 11:48:08 -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: |
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> >>> Don't you still need genkernel if you want to build an initramfs? |
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> >>No, dracut. |
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> >>> The handbook (amd64) seems to imply you do, and I don't know of an |
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> >>easy |
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> >>> way to build an initramfs just with the bare kernel source. |
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> >>Dracut. |
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> > Dracut if you just want something quick and easy. |
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> > If you want something small and reliable, build your own. |
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> A homegrown initramfs created by a novice is going to be more reliable |
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> than one created by dracut or genkernel? Seems unlikely. |
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The ones created by genkernel or dracut always need a few iterations before |
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they work semi-reliably and are not flexible enough. |
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I have 2 disks in my laptop. Both are encrypted using LUKS and the same |
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passphrase. Neither genkernel nor dracut have the intelligence to ask me once |
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and try the key on both, only asking for a 2nd key when the provided one |
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doesn't work for both. |
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I ended up writing my own, which has proven more reliable and stable. The |
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reduced size also makes maintenance less of an issue. |
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