Re: what's /initrd ?
- To: Krzys Majewski <majewski@cs.ubc.ca>
- Cc: "Debian user list \(undigested\)" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
- Subject: Re: what's /initrd ?
- From: Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net>
- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 12:22:35 +0200
- Message-id: <E13qC5O-0006e6-00@rakefet>
- In-reply-to: Message from Krzys Majewski <majewski@cs.ubc.ca> "of Sun, 29 Oct 2000 21:30:38 PST." <Pine.LNX.4.21.0010292128590.18446-100000@localhost>
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[12:19:02 /tmp]$ dpkg -S /initrd/
dpkg: /initrd/ not found.
[12:20:09 /tmp]$ locate initrd
/dev/initrd
/initrd
/usr/local/src/linux/kernel-source-2.2.17/arch/mips/boot/addinitrd.c
/usr/local/src/linux/kernel-source-2.2.17/arch/ppc/chrpboot/no_initrd.c
/usr/local/src/linux/kernel-source-2.2.17/arch/ppc/coffboot/no_initrd.c
/usr/local/src/linux/kernel-source-2.2.17/Documentation/initrd.txt
/usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-2.2.17/Documentation/initrd.txt.gz
/usr/share/man/man4/initrd.4.gz
[12:20:15 /tmp]$ zcat /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-2.2.17/Documentation/initrd.txt
.gz | head
Using the initial RAM disk (initrd)
===================================
Written 1996 by Werner Almesberger <almesber@lrc.epfl.ch> and
Hans Lermen <lermen@elserv.ffm.fgan.de>
initrd adds the capability to load a RAM disk by the boot loader. This
RAM disk can then be mounted as the root file system and programs can be
run from it. Afterwards, a new root file system can be mounted from a
[12:20:28 /tmp]$
BTW: Is it a bug that dpkg -S can not locate the owner of the /initrd dir?
> My distribution has an empty directory /initrd. What is it?
> -chris
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