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On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 12:31:57 -0500, Dale wrote: |
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> One thing that you seem to be missing here. Before Gentoo, I used |
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> Mandrake. It had a init thingy. It caused me much grief and is one |
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> reason I left Mandrake. I also didn't like the upgrade process either |
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> but one reason I chose Gentoo is no init thingy. I wanted to be rid of |
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> that. Now, whether it is udev or not, here comes that stupid init |
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> thingy just because someone doesn't want to put files where they should |
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> be which is not inside /usr. |
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Mandrake used an initrd, not the same as an initramfs, which is directly |
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supported by the kernel. |
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> So, given my history with the init thingy, if I do use a init thingy and |
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> it fails for whatever reason, I'll be installing something else. |
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Good luck trying to find something else that doesn't use an init*. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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WindowError:01B Illegal error. Do NOT get this error. |
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