Ken Bloom <kbl...@gmail.com> writes:
> Josselin Mouette <j...@debian.org> wrote:
>> Le lundi 01 juin 2009 à 16:26 +0200, Goswin von Brederlow a écrit :
>> > > What has the initramfs got to do with this?
>> >
>> > For / to be on LVM you need an initramfs. / on raid (with custom
>> > kernel) or plain partition works without one.
>>
>> I already know that, thanks, but it still doesnât make your point. Just
>> because you have some religious taboo against initramfs doesnât make it
>> an invalid solution.
>
> Go back and look at what Goswin wrote in the first place:
>
>> As long as debian does not provide support for kernel independent non
>> breaking initramfs support (i.e. not regenerated on every whim and
>> break) having / outside lvm and no initramfs is a real plus.
>
> It sounds like he feels that having an initramfs is very fragile the way
> Debian handles it now. If / is outside of lvm, then when the initramfs
> breaks, he can boot up without it and get to a place where he can
> regenerate an initramfs. That's not "a religious taboo against
> initramfs." That's sensible troubleshooting behavior.
>
> --Ken
Not quite. I don't need an initramfs at all. I boot with root=/dev/md0
using the raid autodetect of the kernel.
MfG
Goswin
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