Hi On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 3:58 PM, beyond.hack <beyond.hack@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > @Vladimir Murzin--thnx. for the link..really interesting it is.. > > @Santosh sir, > > Quoting from: > http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-initrd/index.html > > The initial RAM disk (initrd) is an initial root file system that is mounted > prior to when the real root file system is available. The initrd is bound to > the kernel and loaded as part of the kernel boot procedure. The kernel then > mounts this initrd as part of the two-stage boot process to load the modules > to make the real file systems available and get at the real root file > system. > > > We were just at > BIOS->MBR->bootloader at MBR(GRUB/LILO)-.... > > 1.does GRUB/LILO understand/see the filesystems???? > --so that it mounts the initrd image or the kernel image bcz. they both are > in /boot(harddisk filesystems) > 2.does the kernel mounts initrd as root filesystem??? or the bootloader > does this task?? > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > 1. Yes, they understand filesystems. They provide their own (may be simplified) support for access to filesystem. 2. Yes, kernel mounts rootfs from initrd as a root mount point, later it overwrote with actual root file system _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
