Bruce Hill wrote: > mingdao@workstation ~ $ eselect news read > 2013-09-27-initramfs-required > Title Separate /usr on Linux requires initramfs > Author William Hubbs <willi...@gentoo.org> > Posted 2013-09-27 > Revision 1 > > Linux systems which have / and /usr on separate file systems but do not > use an initramfs will not be supported starting on 01-Nov-2013. > > If you have / and /usr on separate file systems and you are not > currently using an initramfs, you must set one up before this date. > Otherwise, at some point on or after this date, upgrading packages > will make your system unbootable. > > For more information on setting up an initramfs, see this URL: > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Initramfs/HOWTO > > Due to many upstream changes, properly supporting Linux systems that > have /usr missing at boot time has become increasingly difficult. > Despite all our efforts, it already breaks in some exotic > configurations, and this trend is likely to grow worse. > > For more information on the upstream changes and why using an initramfs > is the cleanest route forward, see the following URLs: > > http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken > https://blog.flameeyes.eu/2013/01/the-boot-process >
I'm hoping that since I use eudev, I don't have to worry about this. If I do, this could get interesting, again. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
