# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on # the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make # exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to # leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| mkinitrd: mkinitrd (make an initial ramdisk) mkinitrd: mkinitrd: mkinitrd is a script to create an initial ramdisk that is loaded at mkinitrd: the same time as the kernel. The initial ramdisk may be responsible mkinitrd: for loading kernel modules (such a filesystem or SCSI controller mkinitrd: module) that are needed to mount the root filesystem. mkinitrd: mkinitrd: The "initrd" is implemented as an initramfs. See the kernel mkinitrd: documentation for more information on this, if you are interested. mkinitrd: mkinitrd: