Normal initramfs images start by executing the program or script
called C</init>. febootstrap does not create this script, so you may
wish to, particularly for very minimal bootstraps that don't have the
Normal initramfs images start by executing the program or script
called C</init>. febootstrap does not create this script, so you may
wish to, particularly for very minimal bootstraps that don't have the
-normal SysVinit/upstart machinery.
+normal SysVinit/upstart machinery. It's also required if the kernel
+cannot find a "real" root filesystem (the root filesystem that we
+built and placed in an initramfs doesn't count).
Linux will try to run the following commands in turn, unless you
override it using the C<init=I<cmd>> kernel option:
Linux will try to run the following commands in turn, unless you
override it using the C<init=I<cmd>> kernel option: