On Wednesday 21 February 2007 18:41, pat wrote:
> P.S. Question is what should be part of the initramfs :-|

Any modules or userland utilities needed to mount your '/' filesystem, plus 
all the libraries and other utilities they depend on, plus a linuxrc or 
init 
script that will actually do the preparation, mount the filesystem, 
chroot/pivot_root/switch_root, and exec() the real /sbin/init binary.

Actually, you can put *anything* you want to in the initramfs... embeded 
linux 
might never leave the initramfs.

PS:
A: It reverses the reading order of the conversation.
Q: Why's top-posting so bad?
A: Top-posting and insufficient quote trimming.
Q: What's the most annoying thing on mailing lists and USENET?

Please don't top-post.

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