Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: David W Noon <dwnoon@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Full disk encryption
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:09:37
Message-Id: 20111130220735.5105ba14@karnak.local
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Full disk encryption by Neil Bothwick
1 On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:47:33 +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote about Re:
2 [gentoo-user] Re: Full disk encryption:
3
4 > On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:28:28 +0000, David W Noon wrote:
5 >
6 > > I have a working initramfs layout, but currently it is too large
7 > > (>32MiB) for my /boot partition. The problem package is e2fsprogs,
8 > > as it requires dynamic linkage and, consequently, a full-sized
9 > > glibc.
10 >
11 > Why do you need e2fsprogs on an initramfs?
12
13 One needs e2fsck to do a "preen" prior to mounting the required
14 volume(s).
15 --
16 Regards,
17
18 Dave [RLU #314465]
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20 dwnoon@××××××××.com (David W Noon)
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Full disk encryption Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>