Initramfs

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You can add your custom scripts in /etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/<dir>.  Note that their names must be alphanumeric or "_".  If you have any other characters, the script will be silently ignored.
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You can add your custom scripts in /etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/<dir>.  Note that their names must be alphanumeric or "_".  If you have any other characters, the script will be silently ignored. Also note that the initramfs does not have bash, so you must use /bin/sh.
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Latest revision as of 02:50, 12 July 2009

Initramfs are archives that the kernel uses to get to its root file system.

Scripts

You can add your custom scripts in /etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/<dir>. Note that their names must be alphanumeric or "_". If you have any other characters, the script will be silently ignored. Also note that the initramfs does not have bash, so you must use /bin/sh.

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