How do we get out / rid of initramfs ???

Kenneth Loafman kenneth at loafman.com
Sat Dec 1 16:14:45 UTC 2007


SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote:
> Hello 
> Frustrated struggling with installing Ubuntu 7.10 on a friends notebook:
> How do we get out / rid of this initramfs ???
> 
> We already tried installing near a dozen time with the 2 desktop
> versions (32bit & 64bit) !!
> 
> As newbie/s we have absolutely no idea ;-O
> 
> Pls help ;-)

It's not something you want to get rid of.  Initramfs contains an
in-memory temporary file system that houses the utilities used during
the boot process.  It goes away after boot.

Why would you want to get rid of it?

...Ken




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