commit: 3c86ab829d04a3c7637f63091f3416b5015acd6d Author: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Tue Aug 6 21:52:11 2019 +0000 Commit: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Wed Aug 7 15:03:45 2019 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/genkernel.git/commit/?id=3c86ab82
manpage: Add documentation about initramfs.mounts file Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/560710 Signed-off-by: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi <AT> gentoo.org> doc/genkernel.8.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/genkernel.8.txt b/doc/genkernel.8.txt index 3ebd320..82da1e1 100644 --- a/doc/genkernel.8.txt +++ b/doc/genkernel.8.txt @@ -877,6 +877,18 @@ make sure that this mountpoint is accessible, see *initramfs.mounts*. Loop-mount an ISO file from the boot device to get the filesystem image. Useful with chain-loading environments and USB keys. +initramfs.mounts +---------------- +By default, genkernel's initramfs will only mount *root* device. But +sometimes additional mounts are required before initramfs can switch to +real root (for example on systems with a seperate '/usr' mount). + +Therefore genkernel package contains '/etc/initramfs.mounts' file which +will allow you to specify additional mounts which should be mounted before +initramfs will switch to real root. + +NOTE: This file will not be included in initramfs. Instead, booted initramfs +will check for this file on specified *root* device. NETBOOTING ---------- @@ -930,6 +942,8 @@ AUTHORS SEE ALSO -------- +'/etc/initramfs.mounts' - additional required mounts before switching to real root + '/etc/genkernel.conf' - genkernel configuration file // vim: ft=asciidoc et tw=72 sts=4 ts=4 :
