[mdlug] Void Linux tips

[Drew]

Void-live-x86_64-20151009. TRIES cinnamon, Enlightenment, and xlde.

"dracut: scanning for all btrfs devices" over and over again. Then
"dracut warning could not boot" and "/dev/ram0 does not exist".

Trying uname -a...
Linux (none) 4.1.10_1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Oct 4 07:10:51 UTC 2015
x86_64 GNU/Linux

(and yes, mine is a 64 bit machine.)



On 10/24/15, Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:
> Hi Drew. Which version of which distro does this?
>
> On Sat, 24 Oct 2015 09:14:40 +0800
> Drew <drew4096 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The Live CD boot isos look for initrd.gz, but the file is named
>> initrd. Once fixxed, the boot proceeds for a bit, then it displays
>> looking for btt-something-or-other-fs several  hundred times, then
>> aborts into an initrd Failed boot session.
>>
>> On 10/24/15, JeremyBekka C <jrchristophel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Thanks Steve for sharing your experience. I looked at Void about a
>> > month ago and liked what I saw. I am using Manajaro Openrc right
>> > now and really like that. I know that it is not completely free of
>> > systemd, but it is close enough for me. Plus, I like the fact that
>> > everything is very well documented and that I have access to the
>> > Arch repository.
>> >
>> > I am curious to know what you think are the advantages of Void over
>> > a Distro like Manjaro that is not totally free of systemd.
>> >
>> > I will keep an eye on Void and maybe look into that in the future.
>> >
>> > Jeremy
>> >
>> > On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 3:03 PM, Steve Litt
>> > <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi all,
>> >>
>> >> I recently switched over to Void Linux, a KISS principle distro
>> >> much closer to Slack than to Ubuntu, but with an oustanding, full
>> >> dependency handling package manager. So far, I really like it.
>> >>
>> >> I've put together a bunch of tips for installing and using Void, so
>> >> that the next guy has an easier time than I did:
>> >>
>> >> http://troubleshooters.com/linux/void/voidtips.htm
>> >>
>> >> Hope you like it.
>> >>
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