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diff --git a/initramfs-tools.8 b/initramfs-tools.8 index 5d7c105..5712bdd 100644 --- a/initramfs-tools.8 +++ b/initramfs-tools.8 @@ -4,19 +4,19 @@ initramfs-tools \- an introduction to writing scripts for mkinitramfs .SH DESCRIPTION -initramfs-tools has one main script and two different sets of subscripts which +initramfs-tools has one main script and two different sets of subscripts which will be used during different phases of execution. Each of these will be discussed separately below with the help of an imaginary tool which performs a frobnication of a lvm partition prior to mounting the root partition. .SS Hook scripts -These are used when an initramfs image is created and not included in the +These are used when an initramfs image is created and not included in the image itself. They can however cause files to be included in the image. .SS Boot scripts -These are included in the initramfs image and normally executed during +These are included in the initramfs image and normally executed during kernel boot in the early user-space before the root partition has been -mounted. +mounted. initramfs-tools uses shell variable names for handling dependencies. Notice that `-' is not a valid shell variable name and thus should @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ the device node to mount as the rootfs. .TP \fB \fI nfsroot can be either "auto" to try to get the relevant information from DHCP or a -string of the form NFSSERVER:NFSPATH +string of the form NFSSERVER:NFSPATH .TP \fB \fI boot @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Hooks can be found in two places: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks and /etc/initramfs-tools/hooks. They are executed during generation of the initramfs-image and are responsible for including all the necessary components in the image itself. No guarantees are made as to the order in which the -different scripts are executed unless the prereqs are setup in the script. +different scripts are executed unless the prereqs are setup in the script. .SS Header In order to support prereqs, each script should begin with the following lines: @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ the lvm hook script is run before your custom script. /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions contains a number of functions which deal with some common tasks in a hook script: .TP -\fB \fI +\fB \fI manual_add_modules adds a module (and any modules which it depends on) to the initramfs image. .RS @@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ if [ ! -e "/dev/mapper/frobb" ]; then panic "Frobnication device not found" fi -log_begin_msg "Starting frobnication" +log_begin_msg "Starting frobnication" /sbin/frobnicate "/dev/mapper/frobb" || panic "Frobnication failed" log_end_msg @@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ exit 0 .RE .SH DEBUG -It is easy to check the generated initramfs for its content. One may need +It is easy to check the generated initramfs for its content. One may need to double-check if it contains the relevant binaries, libs or modules: .RS .nf |