Am 29.01.2013 16:53, schrieb Dennis Gilmore: > El Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:45:34 +0000 > Jaroslav Reznik <jreznik@xxxxxxxxxx> escribió: >> = Features/DracutHostOnly = >> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/DracutHostOnly > >> Feature owner(s): Harald Hoyer <harald@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> Only create "host-only" initramfs images. A generic fallback image >> should be installed by anaconda on installation/update and never ever >> be removed. > >> == Detailed description == >> Current initramfs images contain most of the kernel drivers to boot >> from any hardware. This results in a very big initramfs, which takes >> a long time to load on system start and a long time to create on >> kernel updates. Switching to host-only will improve the situation. To >> cope with hardware change, a boot entry "Rescue System" should be >> installed with a full fledged initramfs also containing debug tools. >> This boot entry can then be used to recover from hardware changes and >> also from unforseen software failure after updates. > > as legal has said we cannot pregenerate initramfses i think this should > be a non-starter. even loading a 20mb initramfs from a sdcard on a slow > arm box doesnt take that long, and id personally much rather be able to > change hardware or yank the drive and put it into a different box > without worrying about making sure i have the right initramfs bits in > place. at least to me the costs outweigh the benefits. the grub timeout > on my laptop/desktops is longer than the time it takes to load the > initramfs. > > Dennis If you are running a lot of virtual machines, you will care about a) boot time b) disk size c) yum update time (including generation of the initramfs) -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
