Re: no deprecation of /usr as a standalone filesystem

[Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>]

Ken Bloom <kbloom@gmail.com> writes:

> Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org> wrote:
>> Le lundi 01 juin 2009 à 16:26 +0200, Goswin von Brederlow a écrit :
>> > > What has the initramfs got to do with this?
>> > 
>> > For / to be on LVM you need an initramfs. / on raid (with custom
>> > kernel) or plain partition works without one.
>> 
>> I already know that, thanks, but it still doesnâ??t make your point. Just
>> because you have some religious taboo against initramfs doesnâ??t make it
>> an invalid solution.
>
> Go back and look at what Goswin wrote in the first place:
>
>> As long as debian does not provide support for kernel independent non
>> breaking initramfs support (i.e. not regenerated on every whim and
>> break) having / outside lvm and no initramfs is a real plus.
>
> It sounds like he feels that having an initramfs is very fragile the way
> Debian handles it now. If / is outside of lvm, then when the initramfs
> breaks, he can boot up without it and get to a place where he can
> regenerate an initramfs. That's not "a religious taboo against
> initramfs." That's sensible troubleshooting behavior.
>
> --Ken

Not quite. I don't need an initramfs at all. I boot with root=/dev/md0
using the raid autodetect of the kernel.

MfG
        Goswin