On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:31:06 -0500 Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:59:30 -0500 > > Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Mark Knecht wrote: > >>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: <SNIP> > >>> Right now, my plan is to mask udev at what it is and either > >>>> switch to another distro > >>> <SNIP> > >>> > >>> Just remember, with distros it's the device you know for the devil > >>> you don't know... > >>> > >>> I don't understand why any of this /usr /udev stuff is bothering > >>> you. Do you really use a separate /usr? Aren't you on stable like > >>> me or are you on ~amd64? > >>> > >>> Good luck. I'm positive you'll come to your senses about this > >>> Ubuntu nonsense! ;-))) > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> Mark > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> My plan was to put / on ext4, /boot on ext2 and everything else on > >> LVM. That would incluse /usr, /usr/portage, /var and /home. I have > >> not done that yet because doing it would force me to make a choice > >> very soon since this mess is coming pretty soon. > > > > That's easy to fix. It takes a while and it's mind-numbingly boring, > > but it's easy. > > > > All you need is a decent amount of free disk space as you will > > shuffle things around just like in that 15 pieces game. > > > > Assuming / is the first (or second) partition on a disk: > > > > Measure how much data is on the file system. > > Measure how much data is on the /usr file system. > > Move partitions after / on the disk out of the way creating enough > > free space to contain current / and /usr. > > Enlarge / partition, enlarge the file system on it, copy contents > > of /usr there. > > Arrange the rest of your disk the way you want it (either with or > > without LVM, both are easy enough to do). > > Move the rest of your data back to it's final destination. > > Delete any last remnants of the old /usr partition. > > > > And all your worries about initramfs will go away. Trust me (no, not > > because I sell used cars, but because I do this for a living and > > have done it several times) > > > > > Right now, I doubt my current / partition can hold all the /usr stuff. > It would require a complete undoing then redoing, like you just laid > out. I have done this before but I would like to only have to do it > once and be done. That is why I want to use LVM for everything but / > but if I could get this to work right, I wouldn't mind having / on LVM > too. / on LVM isn't all that useful, simply because it's size doesn't change much and there's no real need to grow it. It's not like /var. Binary distros put LVm on / not because it's a good idea but because they like to have consistency. You don't need that because you know what you built and it doesn't need to be supported by a corporate employee far away. You are worrying yourself needlessly about this init thing. Just take some small measures to ensure that it will never be a factor. > Right now, I have very little confidence in this init thingy and me > getting it to work much less able to fix it even it doesn't boot for > some reason. > > < sighs > > > Dale > > :-) :-) > > -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
