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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In Linux systems, initrd (initial ramdisk) is a scheme for loading a temporary root file system into memory, to be used as part of the Linux startup process. initrd and initramfs (from initial RAM file system) refer to two different methods of achieving this. Both are commonly used to make preparations before the real root file system can be mounted. Many Linux distributions ship a single, generic Linux kernel image – one which the distribution's developers create specifically to boot on a wide variety of hardware.[citation needed] The device drivers…

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