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Package: initramfs-tools

Description: generic modular initramfs generator (automation)
This package builds a bootable initramfs for Linux kernel packages. The initramfs is loaded along with the kernel and is responsible for mounting the root filesystem and starting the main init system.
copyright | changelog

Manual pages:

update-initramfs.conf(5) update-initramfs(8)

Other documents:

/usr/share/doc/initramfs-tools

Other packages built from the same source:

initramfs-tools-core initramfs-tools-bin

Manual page search:

initramfs-tools(7)

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