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On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Mark Knecht wrote: |
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>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 2:43 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> <SNIP> |
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>>> Right now, if Gentoo fails to boot because of the init thingy, I have no |
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>>> idea how to fix it. None at all. |
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>> I understand. My question is why are you even using the initrd? |
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>> There's no requirement to use it today, at least on stable. There's |
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>> not even a discussion I've seen that says we _ever_ have to use it if |
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>> we don't use a separate /usr, so I'm not understanding where the |
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>> problem is. |
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>> This is just my 2 cents, but assuming you have a lot of disk space why |
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>> not do a second Gentoo install, use initrd there to learn about it, |
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>> and just STOP doing updates to your current environment. If you don't |
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>> update it then it's not going to fail due to an update, right? |
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>> I'm not picking on you or anything like that. It just seems to me that |
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>> you're worrying about the worst instead of doing the easiest. Let's |
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>> let the heavy lifters do some work, watch people get through it, and |
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>> only then decide what to do. No reason to cause problems with our |
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>> systems. I've masked a few packages and am being careful about |
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>> updates. |
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>> Good luck, |
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>> Mark |
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> Right now it won't be a problem but when I get my set up like I want it, |
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> it will be. I'm trying to learn it on a system that doesn't care right |
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> now. As posted elsewhere, if I boot with the init thingy then I can't |
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> su to root. My solution right now was to boot without the init thingy. |
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> However, if I get to where I can set up my system like I want, that |
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> would be a problem for me. This is holding me back from doing several |
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> things on my system and one of them is using LVM for everything but / |
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> and /boot. |
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> Dale |
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I understand. Like they say 'in war all the plans change when you fire |
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the first bullet'. Just make new plans. Do the easy thing for awhile. |
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Do nothing. Just read, watch, learn but most important don't do |
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updates. Just wait. Patience is a virtue! |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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