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| author | maximilian attems <maks@debian.org> | 2006-06-22 20:50:14 +0200 |
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| committer | maximilian attems <maks@debian.org> | 2006-06-22 20:50:14 +0200 |
| commit | 0754335a68ecc127f73dd5c42fa042928952b579 (patch) | |
| tree | 853f8bfef5bb0ebef364df9c7ca076f675222cb7 /mkinitramfs.8 | |
| parent | d471f025bf9e5ff0217cc387250be4a410a90aba (diff) | |
| download | initramfs-tools-0754335a68ecc127f73dd5c42fa042928952b579.tar.gz initramfs-tools-0754335a68ecc127f73dd5c42fa042928952b579.zip | |
rephrase docs
remove cp modules from postinstall, install confdir
lots of small polishing thanks to Sesse review
don't use touch on init
Diffstat (limited to 'mkinitramfs.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | mkinitramfs.8 | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mkinitramfs.8 b/mkinitramfs.8 index 49b606f..5af552b 100644 --- a/mkinitramfs.8 +++ b/mkinitramfs.8 @@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ mkinitramfs \- generate an initramfs image The .B mkinitramfs script generates an initramfs image. -The initramfs is an cpio archive. The archive can be used on a different -box of the same arch with the corresponding Linux kernel. +The initramfs is a gzipped cpio archive. The archive can be used on a +different box of the same arch with the corresponding Linux kernel. .B mkinitramfs is meant for advanced usage. On your local box .B update-initramfs should do all necessary steps. -At boot time, the kernel unpacks that archive into ram disk, mounts and +At boot time, the kernel unpacks that archive into RAM disk, mounts and uses it as initial root file system. All finding of the root device happens in this early userspace. |