Re: what's /initrd ?
On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 12:22:35PM +0200, Shaul Karl wrote:
> [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?
i wouldn't think so --
% dpkg -S /initrd
dpkg: /initrd not found.
% dpkg -S initrd
manpages: /usr/share/man/man4/initrd.4.gz
kernel-headers-2.2.17:
/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.2.17/include/config/blk/dev/initrd.h
isapnptools: /usr/share/doc/isapnptools/README.initrd
the slash is not part of the filename pattern that
dpkg -S searches for.
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