On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:01:09 -0500 Dale <[email protected]> wrote:
> Michael Scherer wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:26:57 -0500 > > Dale <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Michael Mol wrote: > >>> So, my habit is to have /usr sit on top of LVM on top of mdraid. I > >>> really don't want to get into the business of manually managing my > >>> own initramfs, and udev >= 181 will eventually hit stable. I want > >>> my systems ready before that. > >>> > >>> Now, having looked at the pertinent documentation, it looks like > >>> the command I need to run is: > >>> > >>> genkernel --lvm --mdadm --disklabel initramfs > >>> > >>> and then add the initramfs to my grub setup. > >>> > >>> The trouble is, genkernel dies on me. I tried for some feedback in > >>> #gentoo-chat, and DrEeevil gave me two clues: > >>> > >>> 13:34 <+DrEeevil> that shouldn't even be possible > >>> 13:36 <+DrEeevil> mikemol: looks like static linking didn't on > >>> your system > >>> > >>> I don't know where to take things from here. I'm hesitant to file > >>> a bug on b.g.o, because the tail end of genkernel.log specifically > >>> says not to file build errors as bug reports. > >>> > >>> So...any ideas? This is an amd64 mostly-stable system, and dracut > >>> is still masked on amd64, which is why I'm trying to get genkernel > >>> working. > >>> > >>> I've attached genkernel.log > >>> > >> > >> > >> If I read the -dev mailing list correctly, they plan to still > >> support /usr without a init thingy. After all the mess I went > >> through, we may not need the init thingy after all. > >> > >> Go figure. > >> > >> Dale > >> > >> :-) :-) > >> > > > > I wouldn't bet on that. > > > > But there is a detailed gentoo howto to create an iniramfs > > that does just that: load /usr. > > http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Early_Userspace_Mounting > > It works. You only need tell your bootloader that now you > > have an initramfs. > > There's also a more general introduction > > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Initramfs > > for a lot of other options > > > > michael > > > > > > > I'm not betting on it but that is what the Gentoo council voted on and > it said that /usr on a separate partition was going to be supported. > > You must have missed the HUGE thread where I was trying to get a init > thingy to work huh? > > Dale > > :-) :-) > Indeed, I missed all but one email, but there was no hint at all that anything had been said before I came in. Sorry for my unsolicited comments, and I hope you have solved that problem in one or another way. michael
