Re: [gentoo-user] genkernel assistance building initramfs

[Michael Scherer]

On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:01:09 -0500
Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:

> Michael Scherer wrote:
> > On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:26:57 -0500
> > Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Michael Mol wrote:
> >>> So, my habit is to have /usr sit on top of LVM on top of mdraid. I
> >>> really don't want to get into the business of manually managing my
> >>> own initramfs, and udev >= 181 will eventually hit stable. I want
> >>> my systems ready before that.
> >>>
> >>> Now, having looked at the pertinent documentation, it looks like
> >>> the command I need to run is:
> >>>
> >>> genkernel --lvm --mdadm --disklabel initramfs
> >>>
> >>> and then add the initramfs to my grub setup.
> >>>
> >>> The trouble is, genkernel dies on me. I tried for some feedback in
> >>> #gentoo-chat, and DrEeevil gave me two clues:
> >>>
> >>> 13:34 <+DrEeevil> that shouldn't even be possible
> >>> 13:36 <+DrEeevil> mikemol: looks like static linking didn't on
> >>> your system
> >>>
> >>> I don't know where to take things from here. I'm hesitant to file
> >>> a bug on b.g.o, because the tail end of genkernel.log specifically
> >>> says not to file build errors as bug reports.
> >>>
> >>> So...any ideas? This is an amd64 mostly-stable system, and dracut
> >>> is still masked on amd64, which is why I'm trying to get genkernel
> >>> working.
> >>>
> >>> I've attached genkernel.log
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> If I read the -dev mailing list correctly, they plan to still
> >> support /usr without a init thingy.  After all the mess I went
> >> through, we may not need the init thingy after all.
> >>
> >> Go figure.
> >>
> >> Dale
> >>
> >> :-)  :-)
> >>
> >
> > I wouldn't bet on that.
> >
> > But there is a detailed gentoo howto to create an iniramfs
> > that does just that: load /usr.
> > http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Early_Userspace_Mounting
> > It works. You only need tell your bootloader that now you
> > have an initramfs.
> > There's also a more general introduction
> > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Initramfs
> > for a lot of other options
> >
> > michael
> >
> >
>
>
> I'm not betting on it but that is what the Gentoo council voted on and
> it said that /usr on a separate partition was going to be supported.
>
> You must have missed the HUGE thread where I was trying to get a init
> thingy to work huh?
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)
>

Indeed, I missed all but one email, but there was no hint
at all that anything had been said before I came in.
Sorry for my unsolicited comments, and I hope you have
solved that problem in one or another way.

michael