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Autor: Joel Roth
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Assumpte: Re: [DNG] My thoughts on usr merge
On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 09:13:39PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote:
> Marc Shapiro via Dng said on Wed, 29 Nov 2023 22:08:49 -0800
>
> >On 11/28/23 22:05, Steve Litt wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> First of all, I don't like the idea of usr merge. It necessitates an
> >> initramfs if /usr is mounted instead of just being off the root of
> >> the root drive. And the old way was working: Why mess with success?
> >
> >Are you saying that as long as the system is booting using an
> >initramfs, which mine does since it usesa stock kernel, that having a
> >separate partition for /usr will not be an issue, even after all of
> >this usr-merge garbage goes into effect?
>
> The opposite. I'm saying that a merged system MUST HAVE an initramfs in
> order to correctly boot, unless the kernel has the driver for your boot
> disk compiled in.


Isn't that true of an unmerged system, too?

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Joel Roth