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diff --git a/man/bootup.xml b/man/bootup.xml index 6c69c8a9bd..62a34fe3d7 100644 --- a/man/bootup.xml +++ b/man/bootup.xml @@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ <para>The kernel (optionally) mounts an in-memory file system, often generated by <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>dracut</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, - which looks for the root file system. Nowadays this is usually implemented as an initramfs — a compressed - archive which is extracted when the kernel boots up into a lightweight in-memory file system based on - tmpfs, but in the past normal file systems using an in-memory block device (ramdisk) were used, and the - name "initrd" is still used to describe both concepts. It's the boot loader or the firmware that loads - both the kernel and initrd/initramfs images into memory, but the kernel which interprets it as a file - system. <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> may - be used to manage services in the initrd, similarly to the real system.</para> + which looks for the root file system. Nowadays this is implemented as an "initramfs" — a compressed CPIO + archive that the kernel extracts into a tmpfs. In the past normal file systems using an in-memory block + device (ramdisk) were used, and the name "initrd" is still used to describe both concepts. It's the boot + loader or the firmware that loads both the kernel and initrd/initramfs images into memory, but the kernel + which interprets it as a file system. + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> may be used + to manage services in the initrd, similarly to the real system.</para> <para>After the root file system is found and mounted, the initrd hands over control to the host's system manager (such as |