On 03/17/2014 10:57 AM, m...@pc-networking-services.com wrote:
>> On 03/16/2014 02:55 PM, m...@pc-networking-services.com wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have completed the installation of the lfs 7.5 systemd, and have an
>>> interesting and annoying issue.
>>>
>>> I have a separate /usr partition and no matter what I have tried, even
>>> though it is LISTED in /etc/fstab it just will not get mounted at boot
>>> time.
>>>
>>> Would creating the intitramfs file correct this issue?
>>>
>>> I have read the separate usr is broken wiki artical from systemd.
>>>
>>> I just want to make sure that going through that work is going to
>>> actually
>>> solve it, before doing so.
>>>
>>> I have never had a partition refuse to mount at boot time before.
>>>
>>> If I issue mount -a after I have booted it happily does so.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Christopher
>>>
>>
>> Unfortunately, systemd doesn't support split /usr at boot time. It has
>> to be mounted in an initramfs.
>>
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> 
> Hello,
> 
> This is starting to do my head in,
> 
> I have created the initramfs image as per the instructions, and it does
> load correctly, however it still does not solve the problem of mounting
> the /usr partition.
> 
> What do I need to add to the scripts to mount the seperate /usr partition
> to shut systemd up?
> 
> I tried manually creating the symlink to usr.mount and editing it to match
> the other files and it just blindly deletes it again and places the file
> back in the initrd needs directory.  I know that is not the correct
> directory name.
> 
> I really would appreciate some assistance on this as I am getting no where
> on it.
> 
> I only re-installed and decided to try this as I was getting no where with
> the phonon-vlc-backend.
> 
> I have in the past created an initrd image from the kernel source, but
> that was on a debian system and a few years back now.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Christopher
> 
> 

initramfs scripts have to mount /usr in new root before switch-root and
before systemd has been started. I doubt that default blfs initramfs
does that.

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