On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:01:24 +0100 David W Noon <dwn...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:40:27 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote about Re: > [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought: > > > On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:20:23 +0100 > > David W Noon <dwn...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:28:17 -0500, Dale wrote about Re: > > > [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought: > > > > > > > Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > [snip] > > > >> Everything you fear about udev instantly ceases to exist and is > > > >> no longer a problem. Sorted. > > > > > > And /var ?? > > > > What about /var? > > > > The thread is about initramfs and putting /usr onto the / volume to > > get around early-boot prolems. > > > > Surely you do not need the content of /var during early boot? > > With the pending changes to udev scripts, you could well need /var -- > and anything else -- before udev starts. So it is in the same > category as /usr. Maybe, maybe not. However, no-one apart from you is even suggesting such a thing. For my part I'm going to ignore that possibility and concentrate on those things that are being seriously suggested. -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
