Translations:Initramfs/Guide/22/en

Once detected, the Linux kernel will create a tmpfs file system, extract the contents of the archive on it, and then launches the  script located in the root of the tmpfs file system. This script will then mount the real root file system (after making sure it can mount it, for instance by loading additional modules, preparing an encryption abstraction layer, etc.) as well as vital other file systems (such as and  ).