On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:26:57 -0500 Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Michael Mol wrote: > > So, my habit is to have /usr sit on top of LVM on top of mdraid. I > > really don't want to get into the business of manually managing my > > own initramfs, and udev >= 181 will eventually hit stable. I want my > > systems ready before that. > > > > Now, having looked at the pertinent documentation, it looks like the > > command I need to run is: > > > > genkernel --lvm --mdadm --disklabel initramfs > > > > and then add the initramfs to my grub setup. > > > > The trouble is, genkernel dies on me. I tried for some feedback in > > #gentoo-chat, and DrEeevil gave me two clues: > > > > 13:34 <+DrEeevil> that shouldn't even be possible > > 13:36 <+DrEeevil> mikemol: looks like static linking didn't on your > > system > > > > I don't know where to take things from here. I'm hesitant to file a > > bug on b.g.o, because the tail end of genkernel.log specifically > > says not to file build errors as bug reports. > > > > So...any ideas? This is an amd64 mostly-stable system, and dracut is > > still masked on amd64, which is why I'm trying to get genkernel > > working. > > > > I've attached genkernel.log > > > > > If I read the -dev mailing list correctly, they plan to still support > /usr without a init thingy. After all the mess I went through, we may > not need the init thingy after all. > > Go figure. > > Dale > > :-) :-) > I wouldn't bet on that. But there is a detailed gentoo howto to create an iniramfs that does just that: load /usr. http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Early_Userspace_Mounting It works. You only need tell your bootloader that now you have an initramfs. There's also a more general introduction http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Initramfs for a lot of other options michael
