BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Re: Adding a hardware swap partition
De:       The Natural Philosopher
Data:     Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:23:52 +0000
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On 19/03/2026 14:49, 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

This may or may not be correct

"The kernel uses the initramfs as a temporary rootfs, and the initramfs 
will likewise include an init process that runs in the initramfs stage. 
The job of this pre-init is to mount the real rootfs and then switch 
over, handing control to the standard init process. "


-- 
"And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch".

Gospel of St. Mathew 15:14



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