-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 18/07/12 03:55 PM, Michael Mol wrote: > 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 /. >
Yeah i was.. i just wanted to re-emphasize the point that the tools to mount it need to be on the initramfs (in whatever version or form they were when the initramfs was built), and really have nothing to do with them (including their current and possibly more up-to-date version) living on said partition.. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlAHFZUACgkQ2ugaI38ACPAiMAD/eWHxvaZPu1ikYN9ZeClsEWnB pBDgfVPC0UTDeoUOVFcA+gKCmqa+lhs0x+arJhF7AZfWEbYb+jMK+bVxUVgfElR4 =O0O4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
