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Michael Scherer wrote: |
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> On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:26:57 -0500 |
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> Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Michael Mol wrote: |
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>>> So, my habit is to have /usr sit on top of LVM on top of mdraid. I |
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>>> really don't want to get into the business of manually managing my |
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>>> own initramfs, and udev >= 181 will eventually hit stable. I want my |
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>>> systems ready before that. |
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>>> Now, having looked at the pertinent documentation, it looks like the |
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>>> command I need to run is: |
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>>> |
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>>> genkernel --lvm --mdadm --disklabel initramfs |
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>>> and then add the initramfs to my grub setup. |
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>>> The trouble is, genkernel dies on me. I tried for some feedback in |
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>>> #gentoo-chat, and DrEeevil gave me two clues: |
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>>> 13:34 <+DrEeevil> that shouldn't even be possible |
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>>> 13:36 <+DrEeevil> mikemol: looks like static linking didn't on your |
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>>> system |
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>>> I don't know where to take things from here. I'm hesitant to file a |
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>>> bug on b.g.o, because the tail end of genkernel.log specifically |
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>>> says not to file build errors as bug reports. |
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>>> So...any ideas? This is an amd64 mostly-stable system, and dracut is |
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>>> still masked on amd64, which is why I'm trying to get genkernel |
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>>> working. |
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>>> I've attached genkernel.log |
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>>> |
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>> If I read the -dev mailing list correctly, they plan to still support |
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>> /usr without a init thingy. After all the mess I went through, we may |
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>> not need the init thingy after all. |
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>> Go figure. |
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>> Dale |
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>> :-) :-) |
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> I wouldn't bet on that. |
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> But there is a detailed gentoo howto to create an iniramfs |
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> that does just that: load /usr. |
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> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Early_Userspace_Mounting |
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> It works. You only need tell your bootloader that now you |
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> have an initramfs. |
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> There's also a more general introduction |
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> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Initramfs |
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> for a lot of other options |
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> michael |
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I'm not betting on it but that is what the Gentoo council voted on and |
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it said that /usr on a separate partition was going to be supported. |
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You must have missed the HUGE thread where I was trying to get a init |
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thingy to work huh? |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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-- |
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I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or |
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how you interpreted my words! |
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Miss the compile output? Hint: |
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EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n" |
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