On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 10:08:02 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > > That depends on your needs. The reason I do it this way is so that the > > initramfs is locked to the kernel. Once that kernel boots, it will > > always boot because the initramfs cannot be changed. If I make a > > change to the initramfs, that's a new kernel and however broken it > > may be, the old one will still work. > > So, you're saying that whoever it was that said that some userland > files (that the initramfs 'refers to') could get updated, causing it to > get out of sync - and presumably causing it to fail to boot if/when you > rebooted - was wrong?
I though the post about a failure to boot was due to the kernel and initrd getting out of sync, a definite problem. Having slightly different versions of busybox in the initramfs and / isn't going to cause a problem. If it worked yesterday, why would it not work today? > The main thing about this whole initramfs thing is, like Dale, I just > don't understand it. I understand grub and grub.conf. I understand > enough about compiling a kernel to be able to get it done and be > reasonably sure it is done right. > > But if my system ever failed to boot because of a problem with the > initramfs, I basically would be hosed. I was the same. I learned about GRUB and then I understood it. Then I switched to Gentoo and learned about kernel compilation and then I understood it. A while ago, i had a need for an initramfs, so I learned about it and now I understand it. Somewhere in this sequence I also switched to GRUB2, which i previously had no knowledge of. Do you see the pattern, your lack of understanding is not a failing of the software? This is not a technological point, or even a political one, it is about being outside of your comfort zone. Using Gentoo is an exercise in expanding your comfort zone. -- Neil Bothwick If Bill Gates had a dime for every time a Windows box crashed... ...Oh, wait a minute, he already does.
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