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On 11/17/2013 02:34 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> On 2013-11-17 8:39 AM, thegeezer <thegeezer@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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>> you only need lvm if root/usr is on lvm. |
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> root is on a normal partition, /usr is on a separate lvm partition. |
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you will need the intramfs.mount and lvm |
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>> do you have kernel modules that are not compiled into the kernel in |
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>> order to mount root ? |
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> Ummm... I think I was *extremely* clear on this point? |
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sorry missed in the thread |
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> Directly from the quoted text in my message that you responded to: |
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> "but on my server (that has the separate /usr), modules are disabled |
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> and so I have every driver and filesystem built into the kernel." |
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> So, again, no modules, zero, nada, everything is compiled into the |
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> kernel. |
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ya no need for modules in intramfs |
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> So, I'm not even certain that I need lvm support (since it is built |
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> into the kernel)? |
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you do in order to premount usr |
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> And then, how to make sure I have reiserfsck (anything else reiserfs |
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> related?) support? |
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reiser support would appear beacuse you have it compiled in the kernel |
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any additional tools you would need to add into genkernel. |
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for reiserfsck, i would suggest looking into your busybox config. i |
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know there is an option you can pass to genkernel --busybox-config |
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you can look at /usr/share/genkernel/defaults/busy-config but the exact |
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options i don't know. |
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I did google it though because i hate not knowing. |
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here a suggestion is to use genkernel --initramfs-overlay=<dir> to add |
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<dir> into the initramfs |
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http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-928398-start-0.html |
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so you could mkdir -p /srv/bin/genkernelextras/tools, put all the tools |
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you want to use in that folder and pass |
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--initramfs-overlay=/srv/bin/genkernelextras |
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but the initramfs is supposed to be the minimal for getting the system |
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booted, |
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genkernel is a tool to help get this done. |
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it's not really for rescue. for rescue i'd suggest a seperate boot, |
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perhaps if using grub2 boot an iso. |
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however, a quick google search away and it looks like dracut has a much |
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more modular approach. i have never used dracut maybe someone else can |
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chip in with it |
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http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Dracut#Other_Filesystems |
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you may also consider creating your own initramfs, which gives you the |
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granular control you perhaps need. |
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http://gentoo-en.vfose.ru/wiki/Initramfs |
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my own 2c would be to suggest to create an lvm using not reiser that you |
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sync your existing root and usr into. but this is way offtopic |
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finally a quick google of some of the issues you raise found me this guy |
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doing something almost identical to you with the suggestion that busybox |
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will be able to support reiser out of the box |
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https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-912716-start-0.html |
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