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On Friday 13 April 2012 18.44:37 felix@×××××××.com wrote: |
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> 1. Configure the next kernel with the necessary initramfs flags, then |
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> have two grub entries for the same kernel: one with the initramfs |
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> and one without. Initially I will make the initramfs do something |
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> innocuous, and leave /usr as a separate /etc/fstab entry mounted |
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> in the old fashioned way. |
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> 2. Make sure boot works the old fashioned way, without initramfs. |
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> 3. Make sure boot works the new fangled way, with initramfs. |
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> 4. Create some temporary lvm partition and make sure the new fangled |
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> initramfs mounts it during boot without an /etc/fstab entry. |
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> 5. Remove /usr from /etc/fstab and put it in the initramfs, and make |
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> sure that boot works. |
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> 6. Merge udev-181 and whatever else is needed. |
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> 7. Cross my fingers, sacrifice a virtual goat, and try a reboot. |
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> Somewhere between 6 and 7 is the worst part; no simple way to revert |
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> and retry. Everything up til then should require no more than a |
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> simple /etc/fstab edit. |
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> Is there any way to add more steps between 6 and 7 to allow more |
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> reversability? |
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> Have I left out any steps, between 6 and 7 or anywhere else? |
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I have done also something like this. |
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I still have /usr in fstab (with the noauto option) just for reference. |
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The only thing (that I have noticed yet) is that the /etc/init.d/lvm fails due to the fact that LVM is already started (in initramfs). |
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Dan Johansson, <http://www.dmj.nu> |
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