Am Montag, 9. Juli 2007 schrieb ext Neil Bothwick: > On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 10:41:05 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > > The alternative would > > > be to use a separate /boot and mess around with initramfs images to > > > load / from LVM, which is extra hassle and another potential point of > > > failure. > > > > Want my scripts? ;-) > > I'd be interested to see them, although I like the idea of not depending > on an initrd. As I no longer run a separate /boot, it wouldn't reduce my > partition count either.
I see. What I do is to embed the initramfs into the kernel image. Works fine
as long as everything you need to setup / is compiled into the kernel
statically. There's also one scenario where separating / and /boot has a
clear advantage: Laptops with complete HD encryption. The only partition
you can leave unencrypted is the small /boot, everything else can be
encrypted (which means, you only need the passphrase for the / volume,
everything else can be unlocked via keyfiles stored on this
partition/volume. In this case you need an intrd/intramfs (the latter is
far easier to handle) anyway and can put / on an LV.
Oh, my scripts will reach you soon.
Bye...
Dirk
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