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On 06/12/2021 19:26, Laurence Perkins wrote: |
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> Genkernel is pretty... special... It's handy if your system is set up the way it expects. If not, well, then its utility drops off quickly. |
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> From what you're describing, my suggestion would be to simply only use it for initramfs generation and do the kernel make yourself. That shouldn't "stomp all over" anything except maybe a previous initramfs for the same kernel. |
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:-) |
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That's exactly what I was doing !!! |
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I roll my own kernel, make install quite happily shoves it in whatever |
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/boot it finds. |
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If I tell genkernel to create an initramfs, provided I let it stomp all |
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over the LIVE /boot, it works fine. As soon as I try and stop it, by |
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saying "don't automount /boot", or "don't actually install the |
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initramfs", all hell breaks loose. |
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In the past, genkernel's always worked fine for me. That's why I use it |
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- dracut looks a lot more complicated ... but when genkernel throws a |
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hissy fit and craps all over my system because I won't let it do what IT |
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thinks is best, then it makes you want to dump the lot. |
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What else in gentoo has the same craptastic logic? --keep-going is the |
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same - it doesn't do what it says ... |
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Oh well, if SourceMage works for me, then I'll probably dual-boot for a |
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while and we'll see what happens ... |
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Cheers, |
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Wol |
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