Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 10:08:02 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > >> 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. > >
It's not about comfort zone for me. It's that I do NOT want to use a init thingy. Period. Real simple. I had fits with that thing in the past and I do not want to revisit the issue again, certainly not on Gentoo. I'm not going to revisit hal either. I forgot the name but not the lesson I learned from it. I might also add, I switched to grub2 a while back. The old grub worked fine but I wanted to go ahead and switch to the new grub since it seems to be ready and stable. Was that outside my comfort zone? I switched anyway because I was ready to do it. No real need but I had the experience of the old grub to rely on. At least the old grub never failed me. Init thingys has, many times. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
