what is initrd image?
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Answer / renjith
initial RAM disk (initrd) is a temporary root file system
that is mounted during system boot to support the two-state
boot process. The initrd contains various executables and
drivers that permit the real root file system to be
mounted, after which the initrd RAM disk is unmounted and
its memory freed. In many embedded Linux systems, the
initrd is the final root file system
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Answer / its.kitts
initrd image is the initial ram disk image
While the system getting booted the kernel image
will get loaded into the main memory after POST
to improve I/O performance.
this initrd image will contain the same version number
of kernel and if we face any error in booting regarding
this initrd we can reinstall it with 'mkinitrd' command
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Answer / viswanath
initrd image is a image file which has initial modules which
are loaded in to the kernel while booting.
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Answer / nandhakumar
initrd image is a image file which has initial modules which
are required to boot like scsi card drivers which are not
available inbuilt in the kernal loaded in to the memory
while booting.
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Answer / saravanan
initrd=Initial ram disk
This is the temporary root filesystem
This is only mount when the real root filesystem activate
This is helping to the boot process(dual boot process)
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