Translations:Initramfs/Guide/50/en
From Gentoo Wiki
- Initramfs — is used to prepare Linux systems during boot before the init process starts.
- Initramfs - make your own — build an initramfs which does not contain kernel modules.
- Custom Initramfs — the successor of initrd. It provides early userspace which can do things the kernel can't easily do by itself during the boot process.
- Early Userspace Mounting — how to build a custom minimal initramfs that checks the /usr filesystem and pre-mounts /usr.