On Sunday 11 Sep 2011 19:56:48 Dale wrote: > Paul Colquhoun wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Sep 2011 07:24:06 PM pk wrote: > >> On 2011-09-09 10:53, Dale wrote: > >>> Can I slap whoever started this? The more I think on this, the worse > >>> it > >> > >> Yes Dale, you have my permission! And while you're at it, slap him from > >> me too! ;-) > >> > >> It _may_ be this guy that's responsible for this crap: > >> http://linuxplumbersconf.org/ocw/users/58 > >> > >> Also: > >> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.hotplug.devel/16994 > > > > I've had a look at the stuff at those links, and some of what they link > > to in turn, and had a bit of a think about it. > > > > Looking at "initramfs" as a modern Linux replacement for the "bootable / > > partition" of traditional Unix systems does make some sense, even though > > I think it could be made simpler. > > > > Fot those opposed to initramfs, would you also object to /boot being > > > > 1) a manditory seperate partition > > 2) required to be ext2 (or one of a *very* short list) > > 3) having /boot/{bin,sbin,lib} containing local copies of the absolute > > > > minimum boot requirements (i.e. initramfs in a real fs) > > > > On the other hand, most of the problem seems to stem from software > > packages hooking into the early boot via udev rules, and not beiong > > careful where they put the executables and libraries that they > > reference. > > > > Is udev (as it currently stands) really the best place for them to hook > > into? > > > > Could udev be split into 2 passes, early-boot udev that only does system > > stuff (like mount filesystems out of /etc/fstab, setup keyboards& > > video), and late- boot udev where other applications can put in any > > hooks they like, since the full system would then be available. > > > > The late-boot udev may need to do a full rescan of everything that > > early-boot udev found, but didn't have the rules for yet, but I'm sure > > that the 2 passes could talk to each other and sort that out fairly > > simply. > > > > Or possibly just add a whole new service to use just for hooking software > > packages into system events. Although this would probably end upneeding > > to be a udev clone anyway. > > I always have /boot on a separate partition and it is always ext2. So, > that is done. I also have a 200Mb /boot partition. It sometimes gets > about half full but I could just clean out old kernels more often. I > could always make /boot larger too.
It seems that I'm gonna have fun with a 35M /boot soon (and no LVM of course). ;-) -- Regards, Mick
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