Re: init observations

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notting@xxxxxxxxxx (Bill Nottingham) writes:

>> > [there might be opposition to linking init with /usr/, but I
>> > consider it outdated. we have initrd to mount our filesystems
>> > today]
>> 
>> I don't really want to have to rebuild initrd anytime I change network
>> settings and such (think network shared /usr).
>
> OK, this is something I've been meaning to ask about - who
> still uses network /usr, and why do you use that instead of
> network /  ?

It's not only a network /usr. It is an issue with the traditional
splitting of /, /usr and /var too.  These filesystems can not be used
by init but must be made available by it (which is a non-trivial task
because it requires e.g. module-loading, fsck or lvm setup).



Enrico


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