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Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:09:40 -0500, Dale wrote: |
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>>> Read the kernel docs on initramfs, you'll then understand that this is |
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>>> not true. |
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>> Point is, they are the same to me. Both stand between grub and the |
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>> kernel and add yet one more point of failure. I'm not going to nitpck |
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>> on the difference between them since I view both in the same way. |
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> They are not the same. Your stating that they are the same to you is |
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> effectively saying "I know what I believe, don't bother me with the real |
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> facts". |
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They are the same to me as yet one more point of failure that I DO NOT |
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want. I have dealt with those in the past and I don't want either of |
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them and I don't care of it is called "cute teddy bears" or whatever. |
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My point still stands, it is one more thing between grub and the kernel |
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and I don't want it. |
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>>> Except you can never break Gentoo with a kernel update because, unlike |
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>>> some other distros, installing a new kernel does not uninstall the |
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>>> previous one. No matter how badly wrng a kernel update goes, you can |
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>>> always hit reset then select the old one from the GRUB menu - |
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>>> reinstallation doesn't come into it. |
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>> Provided that the old one works tho right? What if I update and it |
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>> breaks more than one thing? Then what? |
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> That's got nothing to do with the kernel, initramfs or separate /usr. |
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> Once init is running, all that is history, it's done its job. If |
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> something subsequently fails, it has nothing to do with mounting / |
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> and /usr (which is all the initramfs does). |
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If I select what to boot in grub and it fails, there I sit. If I try |
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another and it fails, there I sit. I have enough issues at times |
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already. I don't want one more that already has a bad, VERY bad, |
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history with me. I have enough fun with the kernel at times. |
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>>> This isn't even as close as comparing apples and oranges. |
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>> To ME, a init thingy is a init thingy. That's why I call them all init |
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>> thingys. To ME, both are apples. One may be green and another red but |
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>> both are still apples. |
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> Please, don't ever offer to feed me :-) |
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You would be surprised, I am one heck of a cook. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! |
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