Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:59:30 -0500 > Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Mark Knecht wrote: >>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> <SNIP> >>> Right now, my plan is to mask udev at what it is and either >>>> switch to another distro >>> <SNIP> >>> >>> Just remember, with distros it's the device you know for the devil >>> you don't know... >>> >>> I don't understand why any of this /usr /udev stuff is bothering >>> you. Do you really use a separate /usr? Aren't you on stable like >>> me or are you on ~amd64? >>> >>> Good luck. I'm positive you'll come to your senses about this Ubuntu >>> nonsense! ;-))) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Mark >>> >>> >> >> >> My plan was to put / on ext4, /boot on ext2 and everything else on >> LVM. That would incluse /usr, /usr/portage, /var and /home. I have >> not done that yet because doing it would force me to make a choice >> very soon since this mess is coming pretty soon. > > That's easy to fix. It takes a while and it's mind-numbingly boring, > but it's easy. > > All you need is a decent amount of free disk space as you will shuffle > things around just like in that 15 pieces game. > > Assuming / is the first (or second) partition on a disk: > > Measure how much data is on the file system. > Measure how much data is on the /usr file system. > Move partitions after / on the disk out of the way creating enough free > space to contain current / and /usr. > Enlarge / partition, enlarge the file system on it, copy contents > of /usr there. > Arrange the rest of your disk the way you want it (either with or > without LVM, both are easy enough to do). > Move the rest of your data back to it's final destination. > Delete any last remnants of the old /usr partition. > > And all your worries about initramfs will go away. Trust me (no, not > because I sell used cars, but because I do this for a living and have > done it several times) >
Right now, I doubt my current / partition can hold all the /usr stuff. It would require a complete undoing then redoing, like you just laid out. I have done this before but I would like to only have to do it once and be done. That is why I want to use LVM for everything but / but if I could get this to work right, I wouldn't mind having / on LVM too. Right now, I have very little confidence in this init thingy and me getting it to work much less able to fix it even it doesn't boot for some reason. < sighs > Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! Miss the compile output? Hint: EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n"
