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| author |   Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> | 2019-08-06 23:52:11 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> | 2019-08-07 17:03:45 +0200 |
| commit | 3c86ab829d04a3c7637f63091f3416b5015acd6d (patch) | |
| tree | b5ac82b71d789c5a6cb454dfb8ae9390163435da /doc/genkernel.8.txt | |
| parent | linuxrc: Remove dead code (diff) | |
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manpage: Add documentation about initramfs.mounts file
Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/560710
Signed-off-by: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org>
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diff --git a/doc/genkernel.8.txt b/doc/genkernel.8.txt index 3ebd3203..82da1e1b 100644 --- a/doc/genkernel.8.txt +++ b/doc/genkernel.8.txt @@ -877,6 +877,18 @@ make sure that this mountpoint is accessible, see *initramfs.mounts*. Loop-mount an ISO file from the boot device to get the filesystem image. Useful with chain-loading environments and USB keys. +initramfs.mounts +---------------- +By default, genkernel's initramfs will only mount *root* device. But +sometimes additional mounts are required before initramfs can switch to +real root (for example on systems with a seperate '/usr' mount). + +Therefore genkernel package contains '/etc/initramfs.mounts' file which +will allow you to specify additional mounts which should be mounted before +initramfs will switch to real root. + +NOTE: This file will not be included in initramfs. Instead, booted initramfs +will check for this file on specified *root* device. NETBOOTING ---------- @@ -930,6 +942,8 @@ AUTHORS SEE ALSO -------- +'/etc/initramfs.mounts' - additional required mounts before switching to real root + '/etc/genkernel.conf' - genkernel configuration file // vim: ft=asciidoc et tw=72 sts=4 ts=4 : |