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Package: initramfs-tools-core

Description: generic modular initramfs generator (core tools)
This package contains the mkinitramfs program that can be used to create a bootable initramfs for a Linux kernel. The initramfs should be loaded along with the kernel and is then responsible for mounting the root filesystem and starting the main init system.
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Manual pages:

initramfs.conf(5) initramfs-tools(7) lsinitramfs(8)
mkinitramfs(8)

Other documents:

/usr/share/doc/initramfs-tools-core /usr/share/doc/initramfs-tools-core/examples

Other packages built from the same source:

initramfs-tools initramfs-tools-bin

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