On Sunday, September 11, 2011 08:44:20 PM James Wall wrote: > On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 4:46 PM, David W Noon <dwn...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:07:23 -0500, Dale wrote about Re: > > > > [gentoo-user] /dev/sda* missing at boot: > >> Mick wrote: > >> > On Sunday 11 Sep 2011 19:56:48 Dale wrote: > >> > > >> > I always have /boot on a separate partition and it is always ext2. > >> > So, that is done. I also have a 200Mb /boot partition. It > >> > sometimes gets about half full but I could just clean out old > >> > kernels more often. I could always make /boot larger too. > >> > It seems that I'm gonna have fun with a 35M /boot soon (and no LVM > >> > of course). ;-) > >> > >> I'm doing some thinking and reading. I'm either going to go back to > >> a rpm based thing and let something besides me deal with the init* > >> stuff > > > > IMO, better to use Debian or Slackware. I went through "RPM Hell" back > > in the days when I ran S.u.S.E. (complete with full-stops in the name) > > and I will never go back.
Don't remind me, I used to install RPM-systems with the option "install everything" just to avoid having to find all the dependencies. After install, I'd compile my own software (installing over distro-supplied files) or simply do a full new install. (Like I do with MS Windows...) > >> or stick around and dive into this init* crap and add LVM on > >> top. > > > > Watch this space. You might read something to your advantage in the > > next few days. If you're building something and needs testers, let me know. > > I have some scripts that generate LVM rebuild scripts. These scan the > > current logical volumes and generate lvcreate commands into a script > > that can rebuild your LVM set-up in seconds. You (or anybody else) are > > welcome to a copy if you wish. > > I am interested in the backup scripts to help improve my backup/restore > system. Same here, I've been using LVM for a while and I generally remember how to fix things when it breaks. But as these occurences are now rare and far between, I always need to find my old notes again and then update them to new syntax. -- Joost
