Re: [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought

[Dale]

Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:43:38 -0500
> Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
>
>> Mark Knecht wrote:
>>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
>>> <SNIP>
>>>> I like, even love, Gentoo.  Thing is, if it gets to where it
>>>> doesn't work like it should for me, there's no point in me using
>>>> it.  If I wanted a OS that doesn't work well for me, I'd be buying
>>>> M$'s crap. Hey, it does install fairly fast but it is pretty
>>>> crappy.  LOL
>>>>
>>>
>>> What? Me worry?
>>>
>>> Chill Dale. The Gentoo devs will get it there.
>>>
>>> And what will you do if Ubuntu doesn't boot? Learn another distro?
>>> Nahh... ;-)
>>>
>>> - Mark
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> That's why I want something that I can install fast.  Gentoo certainly
>> isn't the right choice for that.  If Kubuntu fails, I can just
>> reinstall and not format /home.  It doesn't take to long and I'll be
>> back up and running.  I already keep a fairly up to date sysrescue so
>> having something for some other distro wouldn't be a huge issue.
>
> See this mountain peak you think you see in front of you? The one you
> call Everest?
>
> You got it wrong about that mountain Dale. It's a little mole hill in
> the back yard.
>
> Make / big enough to contain /usr as well. Move stuff over and delete
> the /usr partition.
>
> Everything you fear about udev instantly ceases to exist and is no
> longer a problem. Sorted.
>
>

But what about using LVM?  People was all for me using it a while back
and I want to use it, see other post, but now because of this, I'm not
supposed to.

Look left, look right, look left, look right.  Get the idea?  ROFL

Dale

:-)  :-)