Initial ramdisk (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Initial ramdisk" in English language version.

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53kernel.org

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22ibiblio.org

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21landley.net

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Petersen, Richard Leland (2010). Fedora 13: Administration, Networking, Security. Alameda, California: Surfing Turtle Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-936280-02-5. Dracut uses kernel parameters listed on the GRUB kernel command line to configure the initramfs RAM file system on the fly, providing more flexibiltity and furthercutting down on RAM file system code.

github.com (Global: 380^th place; English: 337^th place)

"linux/do_mounts_initrd.c at 4f671fe2f9523a1ea206f63fe60a7c7b3a56d5c7 · torvalds/linux · GitHub". GitHub.

ibiblio.org (Global: 1,093^rd place; English: 690^th place)

distro.ibiblio.org

"Tiny Core Linux - Concepts". ibiblio.org.
Barry Kauler. "Puppy Linux Release Announcement". ibiblio.org.

kernel.org (Global: 5,383^rd place; English: 3,622^nd place)

kernel.org

Almesberger, Werner; Lermen, Hans (2000). "Using the initial RAM disk (initrd)". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
Landley, Rob (17 October 2005). "ramfs, rootfs, and initramfs docs, take 2". Linux kernel source tree.

bugzilla.kernel.org

Fish, Richard (6 July 2005). "pivot_root from initramfs causes circular reference in mount tree". Linux Kernel Bug Tracker. Retrieved 28 February 2009.

landley.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

Landley, Rob (15 March 2005), Introducing initramfs, a new model for initial RAM disks

linuxfound.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

events.static.linuxfound.org

Kyungsik Lee (30 May 2013). "LZ4 Compression and Improving Boot Time" (PDF). events.linuxfoundation.org. p. 18. Retrieved 29 May 2015.

linuxjournal.com (Global: 8,963^rd place; English: 6,985^th place)

Shawn Powers. "Casper, the Friendly (and Persistent) Ghost". Linux Journal. 2012.

linuxsymposium.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

Almesberger, Werner (2000), "Booting linux: the history and the future", Proceedings of the Ottawa Linux Symposium, archived from the original on 24 July 2008

lkml.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

Garzik, Jeff (2 November 2002). "initramfs merge, part 1 of N". Linux kernel mailing list.

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technet.microsoft.com

"Windows Imaging File Format (WIM)". microsoft.com. Microsoft.

microsoft.com

"Download Windows Imaging File Format (WIM) from Official Microsoft Download Center". Microsoft.com. Microsoft.

ubuntu.com (Global: 3,845^th place; English: 4,505^th place)

manpages.ubuntu.com

"Ubuntu Manpage: casper - a hook for initramfs-tools to boot live systems". manpages.ubuntu.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Almesberger, Werner (2000), "Booting linux: the history and the future", Proceedings of the Ottawa Linux Symposium, archived from the original on 24 July 2008
Almesberger, Werner; Lermen, Hans (2000). "Using the initial RAM disk (initrd)". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
"Ubuntu Manpage: casper - a hook for initramfs-tools to boot live systems". manpages.ubuntu.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

Initial ramdisk (English Wikipedia)

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github.com (Global: 380th place; English: 337th place)

ibiblio.org (Global: 1,093rd place; English: 690th place)

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kernel.org (Global: 5,383rd place; English: 3,622nd place)

kernel.org

bugzilla.kernel.org

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linuxfound.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

events.static.linuxfound.org

linuxjournal.com (Global: 8,963rd place; English: 6,985th place)

linuxsymposium.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

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microsoft.com (Global: 263rd place; English: 259th place)

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ubuntu.com (Global: 3,845th place; English: 4,505th place)

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books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

github.com (Global: 380^th place; English: 337^th place)

ibiblio.org (Global: 1,093^rd place; English: 690^th place)

kernel.org (Global: 5,383^rd place; English: 3,622^nd place)

linuxjournal.com (Global: 8,963^rd place; English: 6,985^th place)

microsoft.com (Global: 263^rd place; English: 259^th place)

ubuntu.com (Global: 3,845^th place; English: 4,505^th place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)