On 13.02.2017 12:34, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 5:53 AM, marco restelli <mreste...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Could you suggest any reference about how an initramfs can help making >> it easier to identify the correct root filesystem? Does this >> functionality overlap with what grub can do, or is something >> different? >> > The dracut references are fairly extensive, but they probably assume > that you already know about something like this. Keep in mind that on > virtually all other distros end-users aren't expected to set up their > own kernels or initramfs so there isn't a lot of general documentation > out there. And even within Gentoo a lot of people seem to avoid an > initramfs, so our own docs may not be as extensive as they could be. > > [...]
There is some very good documentation about crafting your own initramfs it the Gentoo wiki: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Custom_Initramfs https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Early_Userspace_Mounting
