> What's so wrong about being a "cog in a machine"?

Wanna live to work or work to live? I know that cooperate america tends towards the former, and much of the world is following that great success story. But, there is really not much point. In the end you're just as dead.

Everyone's talking about initramfs as if it would replace a self-contained /. Have you ever been there? Usually all the relevant repair tools are missing and the shell gives you a headache. Its the point where you usually give up, walk into office and boot a rescue disc.

So no, it does not replace a working /.