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Package: initramfs-tools (0.93.4)

tools for generating an initramfs

This package contains tools to create and boot an initramfs for packaged 2.6 Linux kernel. The initramfs is a gzipped cpio archive. At boot time, the kernel unpacks that archive into RAM, mounts and uses it as initial root file system. The mounting of the real root file system occurs in early user space. klibc provides utilities to setup root. Having the root on MD, LVM2, LUKS or NFS is also supported. Any boot loader with initrd support is able to load an initramfs archive.

Tags: System Administration: System Boot, Filesystem Tool, Kernel or Modules, User Interface: Command Line, Role: Program

Other Packages Related to initramfs-tools

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  • dep: cpio
    GNU cpio -- program určený pro práci s archívy
  • dep: findutils (>= 4.2.24)
    Nástroje pro hledání souborů -- find, xargs
  • dep: klibc-utils (>= 1.5.9-1)
    small utilities built with klibc for early boot
  • dep: module-init-tools
    Nástroje pro správu modulů linuxového jádra
    also a virtual package provided by kldutils
  • dep: udev (>= 0.086-1)
    Daemon pro správu /dev/ a hotplug zařízení
  • rec: busybox (>= 1:1.01-3)
    Malinké utility pro malé a zabudované systémy
    or busybox-initramfs
    Package not available

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