Questions tagged [initrd]
initrd is a method for loading a temporary file system into memory, during the process of booting the Linux kernel.
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Issue with Custom RHEL 8.10 ISO Boot
I'm facing an issue while booting a custom RHEL 8.10 ISO. During the boot process, I encounter the following error: initqueue[1065]: /usr/sbin/fetch-kickstart-disk: line 24: rmdir: command not found ...
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How to limit the number of initrd images kept in /boot under Debian Linux?
initramfs failed to do its job a few days ago and I've just noticed today that my boot partition was almost full because of useless initrd images. Is there a way of telling Debian to keep only two or ...
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Grub2 not booting initrd
I have a laptop (with UEFI) that used to be able to boot from a usb stick, but can't any more. The problem started when I interrupted a fresh install of Devuan Live. The laptop has a non-removable ...
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noinitrd is ignored, always runs initrd copy of /init
I use an initrd currently on an imx8 processor that uses buildroot for a base filesystem. (kernel is 5.10.52) For debugging purposes, I want to bypass the initrd and load the filesystem I copied to a ...
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Linux without initrd: unable to mount rootfs
Setup Partitions: # fdisk -l /dev/sda ... Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sda1 * 2048 51199 49152 24M c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/sda2 51200 204799 153600 75M 83 ...
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Nixos install results in error during boot of "Timed out waiting for device /dev/dis/by-uuid/... to appear" with external NVME drive via USB
I have an issue when using an external NVME drive, grub successfully boots but once entering the entry default configuration (nixos generation) it gives me the below error: "Timed out waiting ...
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Why is my boot partition full?
When I run run apt-get dist-upgrade, I get update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.142) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.0....
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How to change default username/hostname for Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS LiveCD?
I'm trying to edit the default username/hostname for a a custom Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS LiveCD. I'm understanding I need to edit the /etc/casper.conf file that resides inside $ISO_MEDIA/casper/initrd, ...
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