Re: [gentoo-user] fsck separate /usr

2012-05-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 13 May 2012 19:27:07 +0200, Alex Schuster wrote: > > It would be wise to remount /usr read-only before doing this. > > Yes, as written a few lines above what you quoted :) :P -- Neil Bothwick Do hungry crows have ravenous appetites? signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck separate /usr

2012-05-13 Thread Alex Schuster
Neil Bothwick writes: > On Sun, 13 May 2012 17:11:55 +0200, Alex Schuster wrote: > > > # copy data over > > rsync -ax /usr /tmp/bindroot/ > > It would be wise to remount /usr read-only before doing this. Yes, as written a few lines above what you quoted :) > > No need for downtime except for t

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck separate /usr

2012-05-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 13 May 2012 17:11:55 +0200, Alex Schuster wrote: > # copy data over > rsync -ax /usr /tmp/bindroot/ It would be wise to remount /usr read-only before doing this. > No need for downtime except for the reboot, I guess I cannot > unmount /usr otherwise. You could drop to single user mode t

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck separate /usr

2012-05-13 Thread Alex Schuster
Philip Webb writes: > 120513 Alex Schuster wrote: > > I'm using the new udev with a separate /usr partition ... > > after an unclean shutdown > > -- reading files in /proc// was not a good idea -- > > /usr wants to be fsck'ed. But it is already mounted at that stage. > > Maybe I should just enlarg

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck separate /usr

2012-05-13 Thread Philip Webb
120513 Alex Schuster wrote: > I'm using the new udev with a separate /usr partition ... > after an unclean shutdown > -- reading files in /proc// was not a good idea -- > /usr wants to be fsck'ed. But it is already mounted at that stage. > Maybe I should just enlarge my root partition and move /usr

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck separate /usr

2012-05-13 Thread Dale
Alex Schuster wrote: > Not with mine :) Maybe I'll give dracut a try. It seems to be a nice > utility, and I was about to try it, but then I read about Dale's problems > and decided to stay with genkernel for a while. > > Wonko > > I'm not sure but I think the reason I was having so m

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck separate /usr

2012-05-13 Thread Alex Schuster
Canek Peláez Valdés writes: > On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Alex Schuster > wrote: > > I'm using the new udev with a separate /usr partition. > > How do you create your initramfs? The new udev (>= 182, I believe) > requires the use of an initramfs if you have a separated /usr. I'm using gek

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck separate /usr

2012-05-12 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 10:54 PM, wrote: > On Sat, 12 May 2012 19:54:24 -0500 > Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > >> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Alex Schuster >> wrote: >> > Hi there! >> > >> > I'm using the new udev with a separate /usr partition. >> >> How do you create your initramfs? The ne

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck separate /usr

2012-05-12 Thread kwkhui
On Sat, 12 May 2012 19:54:24 -0500 Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Alex Schuster > wrote: > > Hi there! > > > > I'm using the new udev with a separate /usr partition. > > How do you create your initramfs? The new udev (>= 182, I believe) > requires the use of an in

Re: [gentoo-user] fsck separate /usr

2012-05-12 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Alex Schuster wrote: > Hi there! > > I'm using the new udev with a separate /usr partition. How do you create your initramfs? The new udev (>= 182, I believe) requires the use of an initramfs if you have a separated /usr. > It was encrypted, > and it seems there

[gentoo-user] fsck separate /usr

2012-05-12 Thread Alex Schuster
Hi there! I'm using the new udev with a separate /usr partition. It was encrypted, and it seems there is no solution yet for this, so I moved it over to an unencrypted volume - no problem, /usr is one partition where encryption does not make that much sense anyway. Works, but after an unclean shut