Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> writes: > On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:26:46 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > >> > As you move more and more software off of /usr into / you start to >> > realize that the idea of "tiny partition that contains just what I >> > need to boot and mount /usr" is becoming "not so tiny" anymore. The >> > distinction between what is "boot" software versus "user" software >> > gets less clear. >> >> Again, isn't this the same for an initramfs? > > No, because an initramfs only needs enough to mount / and /usr, then > everything else comes from the usual source. If you're not using and > fancy block devices, the initramfs only needs busybox and an init script. > Even adding LVM, RAID and encryption only requires three more binaries - > and those are all disposed of once switch_root is run and the tmpfs > released.
The question remains. If it's possible to do that from an initramfs, then shouldn't it be possible to put the same tools and binarias on /, and mount /usr early?
