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When the kernel is booting, is it possible to check if the initrd is good ?

2008/8/25, S=E9bastien Chr=E9tien <sebastien.chretien.enseirb@gmail.com>:
>
> ok thank you
>
>
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> 2008/8/25, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com>:
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 02:57:14PM +0200,
>> =3D?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=3DE9bastien_Chr=3DE9tien_ wrote:
>> >Hello,
>> >
>> >What is the difference between initramfs and initrd ?
>>
>>
>> You could poke around in the Documentation directory of the kernel.  Tha=
t
>> 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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When the kernel is booting, is it possible to check if the initrd is good ?=
<br><br><div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">2008/8/25, S=E9bastien Chr=E9tien =
&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:sebastien.chretien.enseirb@gmail.com">sebastien.chret=
ien.enseirb@gmail.com</a>&gt;:</span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" styl=
e=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; =
padding-left: 1ex;">
ok thank you<br>
<br>
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ailto:jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com" target=3D"_blank" onclick=3D"return top.j=
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On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 02:57:14PM +0200, =3D?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=3DE9bastien_Ch=
r=3DE9tien_ wrote:<br> &gt;Hello,<br> &gt;<br> &gt;What is the difference b=
etween initramfs and initrd ?<br> <br> <br>You could poke around in the Doc=
umentation 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 a=
nd requires a ramdisk to be unpacked to.<br> <br> josh<br> ________________=
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