On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:04:37 -0400, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > > 1. The minimal initramfs will only need to be built once (and rarely > > rebuilt thereafter). This removes one of my fears and it was a main > > objection for me > > - I would hate to have to rebuild initramfs every time I roll a new > > kernel, or libs and what not of fs happen to be udpated, etc. > > In my experience, it takes more time to build the kernel than it takes > to rebuild the initramfs. And if you choose to use dracut, the process > is automatic (you always call dracut with the same options, unless you > suddenly add LVM or something similar).
The concern is not the time (Gentoo users are used to waiting for things to install) it's the opportunity for failure. -- Neil Bothwick IBM: Itty Bitty Mentality
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