On 10/04/16 02:14, Rich Freeman wrote: > Part of me also wonders if Gentoo would be better off having emerge > gentoo-sources actually BUILD the kernel and initramfs and not just > dump a bunch of sources on the disk. Most distros consider an > initramfs a no-brainer because it just ships already setup, and an > initramfs is a lot more forgiving when you add a new drive and your > firmware/kernel decides to re-number everything. Just label your > filesystems or store UUIDs and the initramfs will figure out what > happened. > I think that is the potential for a stage4-style install. I think previous list discussions have maintained that the flexibility of gentoo is maintained by having a very basic install image, and a stage3 to bootstrap into, and have the user compile their own kernel.
Otherwise, go install debian/ubuntu/choose-your-own-ready-boxed-linux ... gentoo isn't that kinda distro. Imho.
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