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mreff555
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 9:40 pm    Post subject: does systemd work without a ramfs? Reply with quote

Reinstalling with systemd. No particular reason other than I want to learn it.
I do not use a ramfs with my current kernel, but the articles I have read made it sound like I need to.
I'm still compiling and haven't rebooted, but I just wanted to know what to expect.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 11:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

From what I heard, unless you have split off /usr partition, you don't need an initramfs...
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 7:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There are a number of terms that you might be referring to: ramfs/tmpfs/initramd/rootfs https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt

If its an initramd image I can confirm eccerr0r's post cause I never used one in my systems and mine has been booting stable without a glich since last week's update to Gnome 3.8 with systemd. Actually the transition was smooth in my case.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 15, 2013 1:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

eccerr0r wrote:
From what I heard, unless you have split off /usr partition, you don't need an initramfs...


As it turns out it isn't needed.

Thanks,
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