[gentoo-user] Making a init thingy. Step two I guess.

2011-09-17 Thread Dale
OK. Sort of dealt with the LVM part so now to step two. I'm trying to follow this: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Initramfs Then I get confused. I get to Applications and I'm sort of lost here. In there it talks about copying nano and its friends over to the init directory. Then below th

Re: [gentoo-user] Making a init thingy. Step two I guess.

2011-09-17 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Dale wrote: > OK.  Sort of dealt with the LVM part so now to step two.  I'm trying to > follow this: > > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Initramfs > > Then I get confused.  I get to Applications and I'm sort of lost here.  In > there it talks about copying nano and

Re: [gentoo-user] Making a init thingy. Step two I guess.

2011-09-17 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Dale wrote: OK. Sort of dealt with the LVM part so now to step two. I'm trying to follow this: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Initramfs Then I get confused. I get to Applications and I'm sort of lost here. In there it talks about copying

Re: [gentoo-user] Making a init thingy. Step two I guess.

2011-09-17 Thread Michael Mol
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Dale wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: >> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Dale  wrote: > That's what I was thinking to.  I know busybox does a LOT of things but I > didn't think it was a nano replacement either.  OK.  I got both of those in > there at least.  First prob

Re: [gentoo-user] Making a init thingy. Step two I guess.

2011-09-17 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Dale wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Dale  wrote: >>> >>> OK.  Sort of dealt with the LVM part so now to step two.  I'm trying to >>> follow this: >>> >>> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Initramfs >>> >>> Then I get confused.  I ge

Re: [gentoo-user] Making a init thingy. Step two I guess.

2011-09-17 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Michael Mol wrote: > On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Dale wrote: >> Mark Knecht wrote: >>> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Dale  wrote: >> That's what I was thinking to.  I know busybox does a LOT of things but I >> didn't think it was a nano replacement either.

Re: [gentoo-user] Making a init thingy. Step two I guess.

2011-09-17 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Dale wrote: That's what I was thinking to. I know busybox does a LOT of things but I didn't think it was a nano replacement either. OK. I got both of those in there at least. First problem dealt with I guess. Wonder what else I should pu

Re: [gentoo-user] Making a init thingy. Step two I guess.

2011-09-17 Thread pk
On 2011-09-17 22:54, Mark Knecht wrote: >> That's what I was thinking to. I know busybox does a LOT of things but I >> didn't think it was a nano replacement either. OK. I got both of those in >> there at least. First problem dealt with I guess. Wonder what else I >> should put in there too.

Re: [gentoo-user] Making a init thingy. Step two I guess.

2011-09-17 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Michael Mol wrote: On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Dale wrote: Mark Knecht wrote: On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Dalewrote: That's what I was thinking to. I know busybox does a LOT of things but I didn't think it was a nano replace

Re: [gentoo-user] Making a init thingy. Step two I guess.

2011-09-17 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Dale wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Michael Mol  wrote: >>> >>> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Dale  wrote: Mark Knecht wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Dale    wrote: That's what I was th

Re: [gentoo-user] Making a init thingy. Step two I guess.

2011-09-17 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: While I was out walking my dog I sort of remembered that there are just a few apps I had to build static, or at least that I build static. One, I think was grub. The first and only time I did it I had to do it 3 or 4 times before I got everything I needed working correctly. Thi

Re: [gentoo-user] Making a init thingy. Step two I guess.

2011-09-17 Thread Michael Mol
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Dale wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: > I think there are only a few that has that flag, at least that I would put > in the init thingy anyway.  Maybe this is something that the devs will work > on if it can be done.  May be a big if there. > > That is the guide I am tr

Re: [gentoo-user] Making a init thingy. Step two I guess.

2011-09-17 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Dale wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> While I was out walking my dog I sort of remembered that there are >> just a few apps I had to build static, or at least that I build >> static. One, I think was grub. The first and only time I did it I had >> to do it 3 or 4

Re: [gentoo-user] Making a init thingy. Step two I guess.

2011-09-17 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:27:45 -0700 Mark Knecht wrote: > > Then I get confused.  I get to Applications and I'm sort of lost > > here.  In there it talks about copying nano and its friends over to > > the init directory.  Then below that it says to use busybox.  Well, > > which is it?  Do I do both

Re: [gentoo-user] Making a init thingy. Step two I guess.

2011-09-17 Thread Dale
Michael Mol wrote: On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Dale wrote: Mark Knecht wrote: I think there are only a few that has that flag, at least that I would put in the init thingy anyway. Maybe this is something that the devs will work on if it can be done. May be a big if there. That is the gu

Re: [gentoo-user] Making a init thingy. Step two I guess.

2011-09-17 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:27:45 -0700 Mark Knecht wrote: Then I get confused. I get to Applications and I'm sort of lost here. In there it talks about copying nano and its friends over to the init directory. Then below that it says to use busybox. Well, which is it? Do I

Re: [gentoo-user] Making a init thingy. Step two I guess.

2011-09-17 Thread Michael Mol
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Dale wrote: > Michael Mol wrote: [snippage] > Ah.  I see now.  So, it mounts proc and sys but that is in the init then > it mounts the real root outside the init.  Then it umounts the proc and sys > under the init and then switches to the real root and start

Re: [gentoo-user] Making a init thingy. Step two I guess.

2011-09-17 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Sep 18, 2011 9:22 AM, "Michael Mol" wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Dale wrote: > > Michael Mol wrote: > > [snippage] > > > Ah. I see now. So, it mounts proc and sys but that is in the init then > > it mounts the real root outside the init. Then it umounts the proc and sys

Re: [gentoo-user] Making a init thingy. Step two I guess.

2011-09-18 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Dale wrote: > > Ah.  I see now.  So, it mounts proc and sys but that is in the init then > it mounts the real root outside the init.  Then it umounts the proc and sys > under the init and then switches to the real root and starts init there. > > Where does /us