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Richard Kettlewell <
invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
bp@www.zefox.net writes:
>> If I was going to set up swap it seemed prudent to make it as fast
>> as I reasonably could. I didn`t (and so far still don`t) have a clear
>> idea how much difference a swap file versus a swap partition makes.
>
> The only way to be find out is to measure it under a representative
> workload, but the likely outcome is that the difference will be
> negligible or undetectable.
>
>> Since /sbin isn`t a freestanding directory, this seems impossible
>> without booting from a separate root device, likely a microSD. I
>> didn`t see this hurdle coming, at all. It isn`t a fatal blunder, but
>> it`s a blunder.
>
> You seem to have a misapprehension about /sbin. It?s not some kind of
> ?stuff you need to boot? directory. It?s for utilities used for system
> administration and other root-only commands.
>
But those utilities are needed during the partition resize, creastion,
copying and mounting processes if I want to "clean out" the duplicated
/usr files.
> The way to make a separate-/usr system bootable is to ensure that the
> initramfs mounts /usr, as already discussed. You don?t need a separate
> device for that.
>
This touches on something I wasnt aware of. I don`t see an initramfs
manpage. There apropos references to it, but nothing explaining
its purpose. What`s it for?
Thanks for writing!
bob prohaska
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