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section 4 pages) and make it a .SH section.
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.TH INITRD 4 1997-11-06 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
initrd \- boot loader initialized RAM disk
.SH CONFIGURATION
The
.I /dev/initrd
is a read-only block device assigned
major number 1 and minor number 250.
Typically
.I /dev/initrd
is owned by
.I root.disk
with mode 0400 (read access by root only).
If the Linux system does not have
.I /dev/initrd
already created, it can be created with the following commands:
.nf
\fB
mknod \-m 400 /dev/initrd b 1 250
chown root:disk /dev/initrd
\fP
.fi
.PP
Also, support for both "RAM disk" and "Initial RAM disk"
(e.g.
.BR CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y " and " CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y )
must be compiled directly into the Linux kernel to use
.IR /dev/initrd "."
When using
.IR /dev/initrd ", "
the RAM disk driver cannot be loaded as a module.
.\"
.\"
.\"
.SH FILES
.I /dev/initrd
.br
.I /dev/ram0
.br
.I /linuxrc
.br
.I /initrd
.\"
.\"
.\"
.SH DESCRIPTION
The special file
.I /dev/initrd
@ -353,48 +395,6 @@ boot floppy and then bootstrap a bigger ram disk via
.\"
.\"
.\"
.SS Configuration
The
.I /dev/initrd
is a read-only block device assigned
major number 1 and minor number 250.
Typically
.I /dev/initrd
is owned by
.I root.disk
with mode 0400 (read access by root only).
If the Linux system does not have
.I /dev/initrd
already created, it can be created with the following commands:
.nf
\fB
mknod \-m 400 /dev/initrd b 1 250
chown root:disk /dev/initrd
\fP
.fi
.PP
Also, support for both "RAM disk" and "Initial RAM disk"
(e.g.
.BR CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y " and " CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y )
must be compiled directly into the Linux kernel to use
.IR /dev/initrd "."
When using
.IR /dev/initrd ", "
the RAM disk driver cannot be loaded as a module.
.\"
.\"
.\"
.SH FILES
.I /dev/initrd
.br
.I /dev/ram0
.br
.I /linuxrc
.br
.I /initrd
.\"
.\"
.\"
.SH NOTES
.IP 1. 3
With the current kernel, any file systems that remain mounted when