David W Noon wrote: > On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:28:17 -0500, Dale wrote about Re: [gentoo-user] > InitRAMFS - boot expert sought: > >> Alan McKinnon wrote: > [snip] >>> Everything you fear about udev instantly ceases to exist and is no >>> longer a problem. Sorted. > > And /var ?? > >> But what about using LVM? People was all for me using it a while back >> and I want to use it, see other post, but now because of this, I'm not >> supposed to. > > I promised you (plural) an easy initramfs solution a few months back. > > I have an initramfs image of 1.6MiB that supports LVM and > mounts /usr, /var and any other LVM volume or partition you wish. I > have been able to boot with it since about January (hardware issues on > my development box permitting). I will release a Python script to > build it from a single command in the next 10 days or 2 weeks. The > real chore will be writing the documentation (as with most software > development efforts). > > For me, the best part is its diminutive size, as my /boot partitions > are only 32MiB each. The fact that it works every time should make you > feel secure against whatever the udev developers can throw at us.
The reason I want to use dracut is because that is what is supposed to be supported by Gentoo. I also read where others have used it with no problems. I was also hoping to learn how it works, or is supposed to work, so that if something happens I can figure out a fix for it. So far, I broke it. lol I know genkernel is another approach but I just learned to hate that a long time ago. While not as bad as hal, it's a close second. I might also add, mine does boot, it's just that the system doesn't work right when I do boot with it. From what I understand, it doesn't make sense as to why it doesn't work. In a way what it does is really simple. Mount /, then mount /usr and whatever else, then switch to the new / and boot. I have no idea why that makes me unable to su to root. From what I have read, once it does the switch root thing, it's done and should work the same. Well, I'm going to go have a good soak in the tub on this mess. Sooth my nerves a bit. :/ Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! Miss the compile output? Hint: EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n"
