[SCM] live-manual branch, master, updated. debian/20100301-1-20-gef69b34
Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
eric at zhevny.com
Sun Apr 11 18:08:27 UTC 2010
The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit ef69b34551b5a669d5900a912c364e4f9b0d3380
Author: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki <eric at zhevny.com>
Date: Sun Apr 11 14:01:01 2010 -0400
Improved live-initramfs section. Added link to kernel handbook.
This initramfs info is mostly just copied from the package description.
Probably some examples of actual usage should be added.
diff --git a/xml/chapters/overview.xml b/xml/chapters/overview.xml
index 38f352e..1e157c2 100644
--- a/xml/chapters/overview.xml
+++ b/xml/chapters/overview.xml
@@ -277,11 +277,32 @@ drwxr-xr-x 2 user group 4096 2010-04-11 12:16 templates
<title>The &live-initramfs; package</title>
<para>
- &live-initramfs; is a collection of scripts.
+ &live-initramfs; is a collection of scripts providing hooks for the
+ <command>initramfs-tools</command>, used to generate an initramfs
+ capable of booting live systems, such as those created by
+ <command>live-helper</command>. This includes the Debian Live isos,
+ netboot tarballs, and usb stick images.
</para>
<para>
- FIXME link to Kernel Handbook
+ At boot time it will look for read-only media containing a "/live"
+ directory where a root filesystem (often a compressed filesystem image
+ like squashfs) is stored. If found, it will create a writable
+ environment, using aufs or unionfs, for Debian like systems to boot
+ from.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ &live-initramfs; is a fork of
+ <ulink url="http://packages.ubuntu.com/casper">casper</ulink>.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ More information on initial ramfs in Debian can be found in the
+ <ulink url="http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/">
+ Debian Linux Kernel Handbook</ulink>'s chapter on
+ <ulink url="http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-initramfs.html">
+ initramfs</ulink>.
</para>
</section>
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