initramfs vs initrd

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, 25 Aug 2008, Sébastien Chrétien wrote:
> When the kernel is booting, is it possible to check if the initrd is good ?

Sure, the kernel does some basic checking in init/do_mounts_rd.c.

With kind regards,

Geert Uytterhoeven
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