Ubuntu initramfs (Was: Re: any reason for CONFIG_FUSE_FS=y)

[Bernd Schubert]

On 8/9/22 19:08, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 9 Aug 2022 at 17:53, Richard Laager <rlaager at wiktel.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 8/9/22 11:38, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote:
>>> The fast majority of Ubuntu installations boot without initramfs at
>>> all.
>>
>> What makes you say this? Every Ubuntu system I've ever installed has an
>> initrd.img-KERNEL_VERSION in /boot. In this context, I'm talking about
>> systems installed using the stock installers (primarily server, but
>> desktop was that way last I installed one using the stock installer).
>>
> 
> We always generate initrd.img and use it as fallback if/when
> initrd-less boot fails. The vast majority of Ubuntu boots are
> successful without initrd, for example almost all Ubuntu Public Cloud
> images.
> 

Ah ok, I don't know how cloud installations work. Interesting! Do you 
have a pointer to some docs somewhere? I was really assuming that kind 
of everything uses initramfs/initrd nowadays.

Thanks,
Bernd