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Discover the Anatomy of initrd

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the oh-you-clever-pr-people dept.

IdaAshley writes "The Linux initial RAM disk (initrd) is a temporary root file system that is mounted during system boot to support the two-state boot process. It contains various executables and drivers that permit the real root file system to be mounted, after which the initrd RAM disk is unmounted and its memory freed. In this article explore the initial RAM disk for Linux 2.6, including its creation and use in the Linux kernel. In many embedded Linux systems, the initrd is the final root file system."

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  1. More More More!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful
    More of these types of articles on Slashdot, please. This is "News I Can Use".



    Stick to our techie roots.