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On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:43:38 -0500 |
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Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > <SNIP> |
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> >> I like, even love, Gentoo. Thing is, if it gets to where it |
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> >> doesn't work like it should for me, there's no point in me using |
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> >> it. If I wanted a OS that doesn't work well for me, I'd be buying |
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> >> M$'s crap. Hey, it does install fairly fast but it is pretty |
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> >> crappy. LOL |
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> > What? Me worry? |
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> > Chill Dale. The Gentoo devs will get it there. |
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> > And what will you do if Ubuntu doesn't boot? Learn another distro? |
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> > Nahh... ;-) |
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> > - Mark |
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> That's why I want something that I can install fast. Gentoo certainly |
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> isn't the right choice for that. If Kubuntu fails, I can just |
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> reinstall and not format /home. It doesn't take to long and I'll be |
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> back up and running. I already keep a fairly up to date sysrescue so |
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> having something for some other distro wouldn't be a huge issue. |
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See this mountain peak you think you see in front of you? The one you |
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call Everest? |
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You got it wrong about that mountain Dale. It's a little mole hill in |
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the back yard. |
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Make / big enough to contain /usr as well. Move stuff over and delete |
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the /usr partition. |
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Everything you fear about udev instantly ceases to exist and is no |
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longer a problem. Sorted. |
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> Right now, if Gentoo fails to boot because of the init thingy, I have |
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> no idea how to fix it. None at all. I know the basics of what it |
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> does but no idea how to fix it when it breaks. That's where I am now |
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> with regard to my other post. I can't su to root when using the init |
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> thingy but can when I don't use the init thingy. I have no clue |
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> where to even start to fix it. Is it dracut itself? Is it some |
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> script? Is it some option I gave it that conflicts with something |
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> else? I have absolutely no idea why but I know it has something to |
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> do with me using the init thingy since it works fine without it. |
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> Me clueless since this is something I tried to avoid in the past and |
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> not sure why it is needed now either. |
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> More questions than answers for sure. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |