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On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 7:38 PM, Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> 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 <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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This is a silly argument. Everybody knows that anybody who wants |
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something reliable just writes their own kernel in the first place. |
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Rich |
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