On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 11:04:35 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > > And really, maybe you could try an initramfs? It will be much more > > easy than any juggle of filesystems. > > I always compile my kernels manually, by choice - so, no desire to use > genkernel or dracut. > > How would I then create one? I am *not* a programmer, just a reasonably > competent general sys admin.
Read the initramfs page on the Gentoo wiki and /usr/src/linux/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt The kernel will build the initramfs for you, all you need to provide is the init script and a list of files to include. -- Neil Bothwick Secret hacker rule #11: hackers read manuals.
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