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On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 05:33:02PM -0500, Dale wrote: |
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> Bruce Hill wrote: |
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> > mingdao@workstation ~ $ eselect news read |
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> > 2013-09-27-initramfs-required |
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> > Title Separate /usr on Linux requires initramfs |
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> > Author William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> |
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> > Posted 2013-09-27 |
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> > Revision 1 |
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> > |
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> > Linux systems which have / and /usr on separate file systems but do not |
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> > use an initramfs will not be supported starting on 01-Nov-2013. |
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> > |
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> > If you have / and /usr on separate file systems and you are not |
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> > currently using an initramfs, you must set one up before this date. |
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> > Otherwise, at some point on or after this date, upgrading packages |
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> > will make your system unbootable. |
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> > |
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> > For more information on setting up an initramfs, see this URL: |
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> > |
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> > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Initramfs/HOWTO |
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> > |
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> > Due to many upstream changes, properly supporting Linux systems that |
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> > have /usr missing at boot time has become increasingly difficult. |
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> > Despite all our efforts, it already breaks in some exotic |
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> > configurations, and this trend is likely to grow worse. |
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> > |
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> > For more information on the upstream changes and why using an initramfs |
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> > is the cleanest route forward, see the following URLs: |
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> > |
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> > http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken |
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> > https://blog.flameeyes.eu/2013/01/the-boot-process |
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> > |
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> I'm hoping that since I use eudev, I don't have to worry about this. If |
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> I do, this could get interesting, again. |
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> Dale |
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Do you have /usr separate from / ? |
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. |
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