On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Alex Schuster <wo...@wonkology.org> wrote: > pk writes: > >> On 2011-09-09 13:35, Alex Schuster wrote: >> >> > When I switched to using an initramfs, it was not very complicated. I >> > simply use genkernel. With CLEAN="no" and MRPROPER="no", it uses my >> > /usr/src/linux/.config and does not change the kernel options. Then >> > comes genkernel --install --lvm -luks all, and I have kernel and >> > initramfs >> >> And for those that like to do without genkernel? Again, adding another >> layer for things to go wrong. > > I just wanted to say that it _can_ be easy. When I installed my system, I > knew I would need an initramfs, and while I knew what that is, I did > not know how to set it up. But then I thought about trying genkernel, > which I never used before, and it worked very well. I did not have to > care about the details. Instead of make bzImage modules modules_install > and copying the results to /boot, I use the genkernel command, and that's > it. > >> > I don't get this one. Why do you want to copy an existing /usr >> > partition to another one? >> >> He said he wishes to move his /usr to a spare partition (the part about >> KDE4)... I assume his /usr currently resides on / (or maybe a smaller >> partition that he cannot easily expand). > > Right, I somehow overlooked this, thanks for pointing that out. Dale, if > you want to avoid the initramfs, what about moving large stuff > like /usr/src to another location and symlinking it? That's a hack, but a > small one compared to what an initramfs is :)
Why symlink? Why not make it its own mountpoint? :) -- :wq
