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ok thank you



2008/8/25, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com>:
>
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 02:57:14PM +0200,
> =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=E9bastien_Chr=E9tien_ wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >What is the difference between initramfs and initrd ?
>
>
> You could poke around in the Documentation directory of the kernel.  That
> should answer your question.
>
> Briefly, initramfs is a gzipped cpio archive.  initrd is typically a
> compressed ext2 filesystem and requires a ramdisk to be unpacked to.
>
> josh
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ok thank you<br>
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<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">2008/8/25, Josh Boyer &lt;<a href="mailto:jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com">jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com</a>&gt;:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 02:57:14PM +0200, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=E9bastien_Chr=E9tien_ wrote:<br> &gt;Hello,<br> &gt;<br> &gt;What is the difference between initramfs and initrd ?<br> <br> <br>You could poke around in the Documentation directory of the kernel.&nbsp;&nbsp;That<br>
 should answer your question.<br> <br> Briefly, initramfs is a gzipped cpio archive.&nbsp;&nbsp;initrd is typically a<br> compressed ext2 filesystem and requires a ramdisk to be unpacked to.<br> <br> josh<br> _______________________________________________<br>
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