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Title: Separate /usr on Linux requires initramfs
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Author: William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org>
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Content-Type: text/plain
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Posted: 2013-09-27
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Revision: 1
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News-Item-Format: 1.0
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Linux systems which have / and /usr on separate file systems but do not
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use an initramfs will not be supported starting on 01-Nov-2013.
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If you have / and /usr on separate file systems and you are not
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currently using an initramfs, you must set one up before this date.
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Otherwise, at some point on or after this date, upgrading packages
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will make your system unbootable.
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For more information on setting up an initramfs, see this URL:
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Initramfs/HOWTO
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Due to many upstream changes, properly supporting Linux systems that
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have /usr missing at boot time has become increasingly difficult.
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Despite all our efforts, it already breaks in some exotic
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configurations, and this trend is likely to grow worse.
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For more information on the upstream changes and why using an initramfs
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is the cleanest route forward, see the following URLs:
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http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken
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https://blog.flameeyes.eu/2013/01/the-boot-process
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