On 01/07/2012 07:58 AM, Zac Medico wrote: > That seems like an awfully large initramfs to load into memory for every > boot, just to have it wiped from memory after switching to the real > root. It's fine as long as you're not trying to shave every last > microsecond off of your boot time though. The size is 59MB, core2duo 2x2.20GHz, 44MB/s HDD needs approx 3 seconds reading from xfs /boot
> An alternative approach to a having a bulky initramfs "recovery > partition" like yours would be to put the content of a livecd/usb > recovery disk onto a spare partition, and configure your lean busybox > initramfs to mount that as the root if something goes wrong with your > real root. Yeah, i have full disk ecnryption and /boot is my "recovery" partition. I don't want to reboot or picup usb/optical media to fix problems. Well, and i can backup my system via nc/ssh/sshd/..., plus screen-lock. 3 seconds "penalty" on approx 50 boos/year are less time than standing up and search-rescue an potentially outdated external media. And yes, I decided against recompiled binaries (USE=-X) in favor of creation time (approx 3 minutes), that f**ks vim and nethack. Michael -- Gentoo Dev http://xmw.de/
