Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-17 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday, 16 September 2022 18:57:42 BST Rich Freeman wrote: > systemd-cryptsetup is called by the crypt module > There is also a bluetooth module. Just what I needed - thanks Rich. I just didn't have the names right. -- Regards, Peter.

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-16 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 11:16 AM Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > 1. dracut: 90crypt: Could not find any command of '/lib/systemd/systemd- > cryptsetup cryptsetup'! > > ...and similar for bluetooth. > > What do I have to include in /etc/dracut.conf.d/mine.conf to silence these? I > already omit the

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-16 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday, 16 September 2022 16:25:31 BST Dale wrote: > On the ones you want to omit, is there supposed to be a space in there? > Should it be like this instead: > > omit_dracutmodules+="bluetoothd" > omit_dracutmodules+="systemd-cryptsetup" > omit_dracutmodules+="cryptsetup" > > It may not

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-16 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Thursday, 15 September 2022 09:57:44 BST I wrote: >> On Wednesday, 14 September 2022 23:09:59 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: >>> On Wed, 14 Sep 2022 16:50:45 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: I'm thinking of separating /usr onto its own partition so that I can have it

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-16 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday, 15 September 2022 09:57:44 BST I wrote: > On Wednesday, 14 September 2022 23:09:59 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Sep 2022 16:50:45 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > I'm thinking of separating /usr onto its own partition so that I can > > > have it mounted read-only except

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 15 Sep 2022 18:15:38 +, Laurence Perkins wrote: > Note also that the "init thingy" is nothing more than a little > filesystem which contains everything you'd need to make sure was on > your root partition if you were attempting to boot without one. > > Building one yourself is

RE: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-15 Thread Laurence Perkins
>-Original Message- >From: Neil Bothwick >Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2022 10:35 AM >To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition > >On Thu, 15 Sep 2022 05:00:25 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> As I said, I do all m

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 15 Sep 2022 05:00:25 -0500, Dale wrote: > As I said, I do all mine by hand.  I don't use make install etc.  After > I build my kernel, I copy it and name it something like this, from > /boot. [snip] > Once I get that done, I then build the init thingy.  This is Neil's > command that he

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 15 Sep 2022 06:15:07 -0500, Dale wrote: > I switched to grub2 a while back.  I've thought of using something else > but I don't have efi and most of the others are targeted at efi.  If I > build a new rig, I'll likely use something else.  I'll likely poke Neil > until he reveals what he

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-15 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Thursday, 15 September 2022 11:00:25 BST Dale wrote: > >> ... I then build the init thingy. This is Neil's command that he posted. >> From my understanding, the kernel symlink needs to point to the correct >> kernel version. >> >> dracut --kver=$(cat

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-15 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday, 15 September 2022 11:00:25 BST Dale wrote: > ... I then build the init thingy. This is Neil's command that he posted. > From my understanding, the kernel symlink needs to point to the correct > kernel version. > > dracut --kver=$(cat include/config/kernel.release) That's the bit

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-15 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Wednesday, 14 September 2022 23:09:59 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Wed, 14 Sep 2022 16:50:45 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: >>> I'm thinking of separating /usr onto its own partition so that I can >>> have it mounted read-only except while updating it. I'd prefer not to

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-15 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday, 14 September 2022 23:09:59 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 14 Sep 2022 16:50:45 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > I'm thinking of separating /usr onto its own partition so that I can > > have it mounted read-only except while updating it. I'd prefer not to > > have to make an init

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 14 Sep 2022 16:50:45 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > I'm thinking of separating /usr onto its own partition so that I can > have it mounted read-only except while updating it. I'd prefer not to > have to make an init thingy, not having needed one up to now. Besides, > some machines have

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-14 Thread karl
Dale: ... [ re separate /usr, initramfs/initrd ] > You may can do it the way you are wanting to but for how long is the > question.  Odds are high that at some point, you will have a system that > won't boot because something that's needed isn't there. ... initrd/initramfs is there to make life

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-14 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > > I'm thinking of separating /usr onto its own partition so that I can have it > mounted read-only except while updating it. I'd prefer not to have to make an > init thingy, not having needed one up to now. Besides, some machines have > things like

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-14 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 12:17 PM Laurence Perkins wrote: > > If something you need for booting with separate /usr is missing that would be > a FSH bug and is probably worth reporting unless you're doing something truly > arcane with your system. > You can always ask upstream but just about

RE: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-14 Thread Laurence Perkins
>-Original Message- >From: Peter Humphrey >Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2022 8:51 AM >To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >Subject: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition > >CAUTION: This is an EXTERNAL email. Do not click links or open attachments >unless

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-14 Thread karl
Peter: > I'm thinking of separating /usr onto its own partition so that I can have it > mounted read-only except while updating it. I'd prefer not to have to make an > init thingy, not having needed one up to now. Besides, some machines have > things like early-ucode or amd-uc. > > I've found

[gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-14 Thread Peter Humphrey
Hello list, I'm thinking of separating /usr onto its own partition so that I can have it mounted read-only except while updating it. I'd prefer not to have to make an init thingy, not having needed one up to now. Besides, some machines have things like early-ucode or amd-uc. I've found a few