Re: during fedora boot, what picks up the initrd.img from /boot?

["Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday crashcourse ca>]

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, Tom Horsley wrote:

> >   i'm sure i'm going to regret asking this only seconds after i
> > hit ENTER, but at what point during the boot process does the
> > kernel's corresponding /boot/initrd.img file kick in and get used?
>
> When it says "RedHat Nash" near the beginning of the boot then goes
> away for a half hour (OK, maybe not that long :-) it is processing
> the init script from the initrd.img file (nash is the name for the
> shell-like program that interprets the script).

but what is the step that *takes* you to the kernel's corresponding
/boot/initrd.img file in the first place?  that's what i'm trying to
figure out.

rday
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