[Gllug] LVM & RAID

[Mike Brodbelt]

Nix wrote:

> initrd sucks.
> 
> - you have to keep it manually up to date when the contained
>   software changes, even though it's conceptually associated with
>   the kernel, not that software (admittedly scripting this is
>   not hard)
> - it's a separate file, so it easily gets out of synch with
>   the kernel it's associated with
> - if the contained software changes you have to keep it up
>   to date
> - pivot_root is a frankly insane kludge
> 
> initramfs is much *much* nicer. I'm booting off one of those (boot in
> RAID1+LVM, almost everything else in RAID5+LVM) without the slightest
> qualm. (Well, without very many qualms. Not big ones anyway.)

I've never liked initrd setups myself either. I've not used initramfs
though, so that sounds like something I need to take a look at. My
existing project has been delayed due to a broken motherboard I now have
to return though...

Mike
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