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From: David W Noon <dwnoon@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:04:19
Message-Id: 20120328230124.057e1472@karnak.local
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought by Alan McKinnon
1 On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:40:27 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote about Re:
2 [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought:
3
4 > On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:20:23 +0100
5 > David W Noon <dwnoon@××××××××.com> wrote:
6 >
7 > > On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:28:17 -0500, Dale wrote about Re:
8 > > [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought:
9 > >
10 > > > Alan McKinnon wrote:
11 > > [snip]
12 > > >> Everything you fear about udev instantly ceases to exist and is
13 > > >> no longer a problem. Sorted.
14 > >
15 > > And /var ??
16 >
17 > What about /var?
18 >
19 > The thread is about initramfs and putting /usr onto the / volume to
20 > get around early-boot prolems.
21 >
22 > Surely you do not need the content of /var during early boot?
23
24 With the pending changes to udev scripts, you could well need /var --
25 and anything else -- before udev starts. So it is in the same category
26 as /usr.
27 --
28 Regards,
29
30 Dave [RLU #314465]
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32 dwnoon@××××××××.com (David W Noon)
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