On Fridayen den 9 November 2001 16.55, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
> Oden Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
> [...]
>
> > Executed?, it's not that it's extracted into ram by another software, but
> > really _executed_ by its own?
>
> Linux INITRD scheme:
>
> - kernel checks if there is an initrd
> - kernel uncompresses it into memory
> - kernel mounts initrd on /
> - kernel executes /linuxrc
>         and waits for this process to terminate
> - kernel unmounts /

AHA!!! Crystal clear!

I like this way of summaryzation, great thanks!

> > This is a part I would really like to learn more about, but I don't know
> > where to look...
>
> Very easy, read `linux/Documentation/initrd.txt'.

I will do. Thanks a bunch!

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