- The initial RAM filesystem is a ramfs which is loaded by the
- boot loader (loadlin or lilo) and that is mounted as root
- before the normal boot procedure. It is typically used to
- load modules needed to mount the "real" root file system,
- etc. See <file:Documentation/initrd.txt> for details.
-
- If RAM disk support (BLK_DEV_RAM) is also included, this
- also enables initial RAM disk (initrd) support.
+ The initial RAM disk is a RAM disk that is loaded by the boot loader
+ (loadlin or lilo) and that is mounted as root before the normal boot
+ procedure. It is typically used to load modules needed to mount the
+ "real" root file system, etc. See <file:Documentation/initrd.txt>
+ for details.