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Author: Steve Litt
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Subject: Re: [DNG] My thoughts on usr merge
Joel Roth via Dng said on Thu, 30 Nov 2023 17:02:38 -1000

>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?


Yes! :-)

SteveT

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