On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 20:19:57 +0100
Irrwahn <irrwahn@???> wrote:

> Hendrik Boom wrote on 16.11.18 19:08:
> > (1) Is initramfs so weird that only one or two people in the world
> > can make one?
>
> No.
>
> And even though stock De(bi|vu)an installations by default use an
> initramfs (an intrd, to be precise): if you ever find yourself in a
> position where you have to _manually_ tweak it, chances are high that
> something much more fundamental is broken either in the distribution
> itself or on your particular box.
>
> > (2) What is initramfs good for? Linux used to work just fine
> > without it.
>
> It's only needed if you have to do stuff before running the `real´
> init process to bring up the system and all services. If, e.g., for
> some reason you decided to place stuff like kernel modules or other
> essential system components
> not in the root file system and therefore
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