On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Ian Stakenvicius <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 18/07/12 03:47 PM, Michael Mol wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Michael Mol <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> The real benefit is that it allows you to mount any partition, if >>> the tools to mount it live in the same partition. >> >> Certainly that's a benefit. >> > > ...don't you mean, "if the tools to mount it live in the initramfs" ?? > > if the partition isn't mounted I don't see how the initramfs will > allow you to mount it using its own tools...
I think you're replying to Canek. I took it to mean that having an initramfs allows you to mount the very filesystems where you would _traditionally_ expect to find the tools. E.g., being able to mount an encrypted /. -- :wq
