On Mon, 15 Jan 2024 16:39:17 -0500
Genes Lists <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 2024-01-15 at 19:30 +0000, Serge Korol wrote:
> > sizes of img files with latest mkinitcpio 37.2-1
> >
>
> * Things seem quite reasonable again with the latest release of
> mkinitcpio
>
> * I stopped keeping fallback images for both dracut and mkinitcpio.
> You may or may not choose to do this too.
>
> * -If- you choose to do this and ever need a driver in the initrd for
> changed hardware (e.g. root drive disk controller) then for that
> somewhat rare case one should keep a handy usb drive with arch
> installer so you can boot that and regen the initrd.
>
> Benefits of no fallback:
> * smaller space usage and much faster regeneration of initrd [1]
>
> * If you choose to no longer keep fallback image then the following is
> one way to do it:
>
> 1) edit /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset
> Change preset line to be
> PRESETS=('default')
>
> 2) rm /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
>
> 3) Confirm regen initrd:
>
> mkinitcpio -P (or -p linux)
>
>
> gene
>
> [1] Its initramfs but initrd, while not the same, is sometimes used in
> place of initramfs and its shorter to type 🙂
>
>
>
Yes got to report all seems back to sanity again updated late last night and
back to rights now i got 1 to tackle but i will post another mail for that
regarding Firefox
Cheers Pete
