On Friday 13 April 2012 18.44:37 fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > 1. Configure the next kernel with the necessary initramfs flags, then > have two grub entries for the same kernel: one with the initramfs > and one without. Initially I will make the initramfs do something > innocuous, and leave /usr as a separate /etc/fstab entry mounted > in the old fashioned way. > > 2. Make sure boot works the old fashioned way, without initramfs. > > 3. Make sure boot works the new fangled way, with initramfs. > > 4. Create some temporary lvm partition and make sure the new fangled > initramfs mounts it during boot without an /etc/fstab entry. > > 5. Remove /usr from /etc/fstab and put it in the initramfs, and make > sure that boot works. > > 6. Merge udev-181 and whatever else is needed. > > 7. Cross my fingers, sacrifice a virtual goat, and try a reboot. > > Somewhere between 6 and 7 is the worst part; no simple way to revert > and retry. Everything up til then should require no more than a > simple /etc/fstab edit. > > Is there any way to add more steps between 6 and 7 to allow more > reversability? > > Have I left out any steps, between 6 and 7 or anywhere else?
I have done also something like this. I still have /usr in fstab (with the noauto option) just for reference. The only thing (that I have noticed yet) is that the /etc/init.d/lvm fails due to the fact that LVM is already started (in initramfs). -- Dan Johansson, <http://www.dmj.nu> *************************************************** This message is printed on 100% recycled electrons! ***************************************************
