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On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 07:58:34 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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>> 2) Contained executables, as I understand them, either need to be |
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>> built with the static flag or you have to include all the libraries. |
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>> Static seems simpler so (in my case) should I rebuild mdadm & |
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>> e2fsprogs with +static? (I don't currently use lvm or any crypt stuff) |
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> Yes. |
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<SNIP> |
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I've done that, played a bit with ldd to see the changes, etc., and it seems to |
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make sense. |
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On the mdadm list one comment came up which was to make sure |
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my mdadm.conf file was up to date and then include it in the initramfs |
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image so that if for some reason the machine doesn't boot I have all |
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the info required to start the RAIDs by hand. I thought that was a good |
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comment. |
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> Most of it is debug stuff that I haven't used since I first started using |
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> it. |
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OK, it's a good example of a more complete init script so that's helpful. |
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Thanks! |
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One other question came up. So I build the kernel, and the kernel build |
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creates the initramfs image and embeds it in the kernel. Is there a tool |
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that would allow me to query the embedded image prior to booting |
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so that I can check that everything is in there that I think should be in |
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there? |
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Scanning around online I found discussion about lsinitramfs but I |
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haven't found it in portage yet. dracut has lsinitrd. genkernel doesn't |
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have anything like it. And even if I found it I think it only works for |
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stand alone initramfs files. |
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Thanks, |
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Mark |
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