PACKAGE NAME: mkinitrd-1.4.8-i586-1vl72.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./a PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 596 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 720 K PACKAGE MD5: bb9a83cfe68cc49d81e7b5dee300ccbd ./a/mkinitrd-1.4.8-i586-1vl72.txz PACKAGE REQUIRED: PACKAGE CONFLICTS: PACKAGE SUGGESTS: PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: mkinitrd: mkinitrd (make an initial ramdisk) mkinitrd: mkinitrd: mkinitrd is a script to create an initial ramdisk that is loaded at mkinitrd: the same time as the kernel. The initial ramdisk may be responsible mkinitrd: for loading kernel modules (such a filesystem or SCSI controller mkinitrd: module) that are needed to mount the root filesystem. mkinitrd: mkinitrd: The "initrd" is implemented as an initramfs. See the kernel mkinitrd: documentation for more information on this, if you are interested. mkinitrd: mkinitrd: