Before file system gets mounted there is need for some device drivers and other things (a shell, init application etc). These are stored in initramfs file. Without that kernel will not have any process to run (init is process 1, kernel is considered process 0).
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Kingsley G. Morse Jr. <[email protected]> wrote: > Initramfs means ... initial file system in random > access memory. > > It lets your computer boot before its real > file system is mounted. > > To fix the problem, maybe you could search Google > for the specific error message. > > I hope that helps, > Kingsley > > On 05/24/12 11:50, Ranjith Rajendran wrote: >> While booting ubuntu i got initramfs error . >> >> What is initramfs in ubuntu? >> >> How to fix that problem? >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks & Regards >> Ranjithkumar R >> _______________________________________________ >> ILUGC Mailing List: >> http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
