Package: initramfs-tools (0.103)

[ Source: initramfs-tools  ]

generic modular initramfs generator

This package contains tools to create a bootable initramfs for Linux 2.6 kernel packages. The initramfs is a compressed 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, System Installation, admin::kernel, implemented-in::shell, User Interface: Command Line, Role: role::program, scope::utility, Works with: Archive

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• dep: cpio

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• dep: klibc-utils (>= 2.0-1~)

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• dep: module-init-tools

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• dep: udev

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• rec: busybox (>= 1:1.01-3)

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  or busybox-initramfs

  Package not available

  or busybox-static

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• sug: bash-completion

  programmable completion for the bash shell

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