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! -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- | Oden Eriksson, Deserve-IT Networks, Jokkmokk, Sweden. | Mandrake Linux release 8.2 (Cooker) for i586 | Current uptime with kernel 2.4.13-4mdksmp: 3:21 | cpu0 @ 814.28 bm, fan 4192 rpm, temp +32.0�C | cpu1 @ 815.92 bm, fan 4066 rpm, temp +30�C
