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| author | maximilian attems <maks@debian.org> | 2006-02-14 11:22:50 +0100 |
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| committer | maximilian attems <maks@debian.org> | 2006-02-14 11:22:50 +0100 |
| commit | b3fcee343807b6dcec5bb6a075ede8b3bc5da060 (patch) | |
| tree | e40b5319fb01bb524f7178cc912654ddb735d83a /mkinitramfs.8 | |
| parent | 57bae4e1d5de2dceaf2c08937fceb6a5879075c2 (diff) | |
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better document the point of update-initramfs and mkinitramfs.
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diff --git a/mkinitramfs.8 b/mkinitramfs.8 index 64f8786..79ce777 100644 --- a/mkinitramfs.8 +++ b/mkinitramfs.8 @@ -22,7 +22,14 @@ mkinitramfs \- generate an initramfs image .SH DESCRIPTION The .B mkinitramfs -script generates an initramfs image. The initramfs is an cpio archive. +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. +.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 uses it as initial root file system. All finding of the root device happens in this early userspace. |