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The Natural Philosopher <
tnp@invalid.invalid> writes:
>
bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
>> I don`t see an initramfs manpage. There apropos references to it, but
>> nothing explaining its purpose. What`s it for?
>
> I am sure Richard can do much better, BUT AIUI initramfs is a RAM
> based filesystem that is responsible for installing the final file
> system, as such it loads complete as a ram image off the boot disk and
> then can mount disks, (load the final OS ?) and start to use it.
>
> I am unclear as to whether the kernel it uses is a stripped down or a
> final version however
That?s basically right - there?s just one kernel, it starts out quite
stripped down and the initramfs is responsible for, er, clothing it up.
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