Configuring INITRAMFS Boot - Configuring INITRAMFS Boot - 2025.1 English - UG1144

PetaLinux Tools Documentation: Reference Guide (UG1144)

Document_ID
UG1144
Release_Date
2025-05-29
Version
2025.1 English

Initial RAM file system (INITRAMFS) is the successor of INITRD. It is a cpio archive of the initial file system that gets loaded into memory during the PetaLinux startup process. The Linux kernel mounts it as RootFS and starts the initialization process.

This section describes the procedure to configure INITRAMFS boot.