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initramfs contains the initial root filesystem in a cpio archive. The archive is unpacked and loaded into RAM in order for the OS (usually Linux) to boot as part of the startup process.

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Why is my initramfs script not being run?

Running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I've put a script in the following location: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-bottom/dothis dothis is set as +x. I've run sudo update-initramfs -u which appears to update the initramfs contents just fine. I've…
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Debian 12, error while procesing initramfs-tools while updating

Every time I update the system (with sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade) I get an error that ends in: Errors were encountered while processing: initramfs-tools Searching someone sugested to use sudo apt-get auto-remove && apt-get clean && apt-get…
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creating Initramfs in Yocto

I wanted to create initramfs in yocto. Therefore I created a custom recipe, added following lines; require recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal.bb IMAGE_FSTYPES = "${INITRAMFS_FSTYPES}" It built successfully. I am not sure if all works properly.…
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Yocto Initramfs Transaction Error adding cryptsetup package

I am using Yocto Warrior on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and the meta-tegra layer ( https://github.com/madisongh/meta-tegra ) to build a root file system for my NVIDIA Jetson Nano. I want to encrypt a certain partition on my SD Card and so I need the cryptsetup…
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Configuring initramfs with buildroot and uboot

I am attempting to get initramfs working on an embedded linux device using buildroot and uboot. I have been following the guides have have initramfs set up in the buildroot and kernel config. However as far as I can tell it is not being built into…
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ARM/U-Boot: kernel v3.18 does not boot with ramdisk in FIT image

I am struggling to get a Broadcom ARM9 platform to boot from a kernel that does not have a built-in initrd image. I have successfully compiled the vendor kernel and U-Boot for the platform. Note that both kernel and U-Boot are forks from upstream,…
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What is the first steps in diagnosing a hanging init?

Context: I aim to boot a busybox environment on a simulated Rocket-cored SoC using litex_sim, through the use of OpenSBI+linux. Upon reaching the point where the init process is started, the application hangs. See below: [ 6.463240] Run /init as…
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USB host not working in initramfs [Yocto]

I am writing to you to ask you about the following: I am working on a custom embedded Linux distro for a Zynq700 based board. One of the features to be added is support for USB in host mode, which I have achieved. This way, with rootfs I have a…
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RaspberryPi 4: tftp boot issues with udpsvd / qemu

I build a minimal linux system with buildroot to provide some services like tftp and a other things. From that i want to boot my rpi4 over network with initramfs. Currently i do this from an ubuntu virtual machine, but the footprint is a little bit…
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Change kernel switch_root with JasperE84/root-ro script

I'm currently using a slightly modified script https://github.com/JasperE84/root-ro for booting system from squashfs image. It works almost as expected. It does boot to the new read-only filesystem from the image, however, it boots with the kernel…
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kernel panic after addition of the "file" utility, resulting in bulky rootfs.cpio

I am using an Initramfs for a custom chip, currently on an FPGA platform. Before generating the linux image using make, I ran make menuconfig and added the 'file' utility. It increased the rootfs.cpio size by 3 times, while the vmlinux size was…
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Correct way to switch_root

I'm having a ton (and a half) of problems setting up booting for my embedded target; situation is: I have an embedded target with a rather small, but reliable, Flash (16M bytes) and a possibly large (currently 8GB), but rather unreliable, SD…
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ubuntu stuck on initramfs kernel panic exit code-0x00000100

I have a system with ubuntu 18.04, and i edited profile file with wrong directory(and reloaded the profile with source), after few seconds all the windows has started shutting down. on restart i get now the BusyBox 1.27.2 shell which get me to…
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QEMU networking and getty issues

I'm trying to create a minimalist setup for an ARM based virtual machine using qemu. I am following the following guide to do so. I am running QEMU with the following command qemu-system-arm -M vexpress-a9 -dtb…
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Generate custom initramfs image with additional configuration files

I would like to create an initramfs image for Debian Stretch which includes additional configuration files (say /etc/a.conf). What do I have to do prior to running mkinitramfs -o initrd.img in order for the image to include such files?
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