What is initrd image, explanation
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Answer / hari
Initrd (intial ramdisk image), it is temporary file system loaded by kernel, until real file system loaded into main memory.
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Answer / manavalan
initrd loaded by grub (not kernel) into memory.then kernel decompress initrd into memory.after mounted real root filesystem temporary root filesystem unmounted.
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Answer / manavalan
initrd loads temporary root file system into memory.It contains modules and drivers.Kernel used this modules and drivers using insmod when booting process.after real root file system monuted.initrd temporary root file system unmounted.
For Example,
LVM and RAID modules loads at booting before mount real root file system.
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