Re: boot parameter to override a built-in initramfs?

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Mon Feb 18 2008 - 19:39:55 EST


David Nicol wrote:
noinitrd doesn't do anything; init=/bin/sh doesn't do anything

how does one override a built-in initramfs?

Correction: you can *override* it, you just can't *suppress* it. An initrd provided via the command line (from the bootloader) overwrites the built-in one.

-hpa
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