Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Question about genkernel's default kernel config

2016-08-21 Thread Raymond Jennings
On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 3:50 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 6:41 PM, Raymond Jennings > wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 1:32 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: > >> > >> And since it uses udev it is fairly robust against things like adding > >> a drive and now the kernel re-letters e

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Question about genkernel's default kernel config

2016-08-18 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 6:41 PM, Raymond Jennings wrote: > On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 1:32 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: >> >> And since it uses udev it is fairly robust against things like adding >> a drive and now the kernel re-letters everything. > > Did you seriously just post that on a gentoo list? >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Question about genkernel's default kernel config

2016-08-18 Thread Raymond Jennings
On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 1:32 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: > And since it uses udev it is fairly robust against things like adding > a drive and now the kernel re-letters everything. > Did you seriously just post that on a gentoo list? I assume you mean /dev/sd? and not A: B: C: :P

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Question about genkernel's default kernel config

2016-08-15 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Monday, August 15, 2016 08:41:31 AM Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 5:06 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Monday, August 15, 2016 04:32:29 AM Rich Freeman wrote: > >> It is also somewhat dependent on a correct fstab. Don't take that for > >> granted: the kernel doesn't look at fsta

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Question about genkernel's default kernel config

2016-08-15 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 5:06 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Monday, August 15, 2016 04:32:29 AM Rich Freeman wrote: >> >> It is also somewhat dependent on a correct fstab. Don't take that for >> granted: the kernel doesn't look at fstab at all when mounting root, >> and neither do most of the other

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Question about genkernel's default kernel config

2016-08-15 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Monday, August 15, 2016 04:32:29 AM Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 4:10 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > The ones created by genkernel or dracut always need a few iterations > > before > > they work semi-reliably and are not flexible enough. > > I have 2 disks in my laptop. Both are e

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Question about genkernel's default kernel config

2016-08-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 10:10:22 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > A homegrown initramfs created by a novice is going to be more reliable > > than one created by dracut or genkernel? Seems unlikely. > > The ones created by genkernel or dracut always need a few iterations > before they work semi-reliab

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Question about genkernel's default kernel config

2016-08-15 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 4:10 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > The ones created by genkernel or dracut always need a few iterations before > they work semi-reliably and are not flexible enough. > I have 2 disks in my laptop. Both are encrypted using LUKS and the same > passphrase. Neither genkernel nor

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Question about genkernel's default kernel config

2016-08-15 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Monday, August 15, 2016 09:48:14 AM Jeroen Mathon wrote: > I have used genkernel for my initramfs. > > The dracut one seems to hang on a kernel panic(Implying that it did not > load the correct modules for luks and lvm). In my experience, normal for both... > Besides the size of your initram

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Question about genkernel's default kernel config

2016-08-15 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Sunday, August 14, 2016 08:38:42 PM Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 4:29 PM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On August 14, 2016 8:55:32 PM GMT+02:00, Neil Bothwick wrote: > >>On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 11:48:08 -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > >>> Don't you still need genkernel if you want to bui