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This package contains tools to create an ["initramfs"] for prepackaged 2.6 [wiki:DebianKernel Linux kernel images]. The initramfs is an cpio archive. At boot time, the kernel unpacks that archive into ram, mounts and uses it as initial root file system. From there on the mounting of the real root file system occurs in user space. klibc handles the boot-time networking setup. Supports nfs root system. Any boot loader with ["Initrd"] support is able to load an initramfs archive. This package contains tools to create an [[initramfs]] for prepackaged 2.6 [[DebianKernel|Linux kernel images]]. The initramfs is an cpio archive. At boot time, the kernel unpacks that archive into ram, mounts and uses it as initial root file system. From there on the mounting of the real root file system occurs in user space. klibc handles the boot-time networking setup. Supports nfs root system. Any boot loader with [[Initrd]] support is able to load an initramfs archive.
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[http://git.debian.org/?p=kernel/initramfs-tools.git initramfs-tools git web interface] [[http://git.debian.org/?p=kernel/initramfs-tools.git|initramfs-tools git web interface]]

Description

This package contains tools to create an initramfs for prepackaged 2.6 Linux kernel images. The initramfs is an cpio archive. At boot time, the kernel unpacks that archive into ram, mounts and uses it as initial root file system. From there on the mounting of the real root file system occurs in user space. klibc handles the boot-time networking setup. Supports nfs root system. Any boot loader with Initrd support is able to load an initramfs archive.

Development

Git repository

initramfs-tools git web interface

Git checkout (anonymous): 

git clone git://git.debian.org/git/kernel/initramfs-tools.git

Developer SVN access: 

git clone git+ssh://<user>@git.debian.org/git/kernel/initramfs-tools.git