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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] why do I need cargo to make an initramfs?
Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 16:47:12
Message-Id: 397a04e7-0ca8-fdff-fc64-bc6e5fa7df2d@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] why do I need cargo to make an initramfs? by Neil Bothwick
1 Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Sat, 14 May 2022 14:51:52 +0200, n952162 wrote:
3 >
4 >> Well, I'm not, that's what I'm trying to do.  But I'd like to do it the
5 >> way I've done it for years rather using some new facility.
6 >>
7 >> Can genkernel do it?  I built my kernel just now according to
8 >> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Kernel/Upgrade, as I always have.
9 >>
10 >> Maybe I should start over and use genkernel?
11 > I'd use Dracut, it's simpler and more transparent in its operation.
12 >
13 >
14
15 And dracut works for me and that says something. 
16
17 Dale
18
19 :-)  :-)