Re: [gentoo-user] My first initramfs

2013-11-17 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 6:57 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2013-11-12 5:50 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: >> >> You*MUST* add the necessary modules/tools to mount root and/or /usr. >> >> So if you have an XFS partition on a LVM volume on top of an mdraid, >> and the partition is encrypted, then you

Re: [gentoo-user] My first initramfs

2013-11-17 Thread thegeezer
On 11/17/2013 02:34 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2013-11-17 8:39 AM, thegeezer wrote: >> you only need lvm if root/usr is on lvm. > > root is on a normal partition, /usr is on a separate lvm partition. > you will need the intramfs.mount and lvm >> do you have kernel modules that are not compiled into

Re: [gentoo-user] My first initramfs

2013-11-17 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2013-11-17 8:39 AM, thegeezer wrote: you only need lvm if root/usr is on lvm. root is on a normal partition, /usr is on a separate lvm partition. do you have kernel modules that are not compiled into the kernel in order to mount root ? Ummm... I think I was *extremely* clear on this poi

Re: [gentoo-user] My first initramfs

2013-11-17 Thread thegeezer
On 11/17/2013 12:15 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2013-11-12 4:55 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: >>> Depending on your system, you might want to add one or more of the >>> following options: >>> Option Description >>> --disklabel Add support for LABEL= settings in your /etc/fstab >>> --dmraid Add su

Re: [gentoo-user] My first initramfs

2013-11-17 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2013-11-17 7:57 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: First question: I don't see reference to reiserfs there anywhere, Or XFS for that matter...

Re: [gentoo-user] My first initramfs

2013-11-17 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2013-11-12 5:50 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: You*MUST* add the necessary modules/tools to mount root and/or /usr. So if you have an XFS partition on a LVM volume on top of an mdraid, and the partition is encrypted, then you need the kernel modules for xfs, lvm, mdraid and crypt, and the co

Re: [gentoo-user] My first initramfs

2013-11-17 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2013-11-12 4:55 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: Depending on your system, you might want to add one or more of the following options: Option Description --disklabel Add support for LABEL= settings in your /etc/fstab --dmraid Add support for fake hardware RAID --firmware Add in firmware c

Re: [gentoo-user] My first initramfs

2013-11-13 Thread covici
Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > > On 2013-11-12 4:49 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > >> > >> Ok, looking into this now... > >> > >> Reading the referenced wiki page shows this comment: > >> > >>> Introduction and bootloader configuration > >>> > >>> To cr

Re: [gentoo-user] My first initramfs

2013-11-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 16:49:33 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: > > To create an initramfs, it is important that you know what > > additional drivers, scripts and tools you need to boot your system. > > For instance, if you use LVM, then you will need to support LVM tools > > on the initramfs. Likewise, if y

Re: [gentoo-user] My first initramfs

2013-11-12 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2013-11-12 4:49 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: >> >> Ok, looking into this now... >> >> Reading the referenced wiki page shows this comment: >> >>> Introduction and bootloader configuration >>> >>> To create an initramfs, it is important that you know

Re: [gentoo-user] My first initramfs

2013-11-12 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2013-11-12 4:49 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: Ok, looking into this now... Reading the referenced wiki page shows this comment: Introduction and bootloader configuration To create an initramfs, it is important that you know what additional drivers, scripts and tools you need to boot your system. F

[gentoo-user] My first initramfs

2013-11-12 Thread Tanstaafl
Ok, looking into this now... Reading the referenced wiki page shows this comment: Introduction and bootloader configuration To create an initramfs, it is important that you know what additional drivers, scripts and tools you need to boot your system. For instance, if you use LVM, then you will