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authorP. J. McDermott <pj@pehjota.net>2016-01-16 12:54:31 (EST)
committer P. J. McDermott <pj@pehjota.net>2016-01-16 12:54:31 (EST)
commiteabfb0bdb89b980d0b4823dd308407fe711466bb (patch)
tree568df6a16783683cceb6cc2a8f863ad32b06f1ab /man
parentfcfa0430e97efbc07ce0fc9a56304ddf3f4ba0c0 (diff)
cmd/mkinitramfs: Accept block device as root
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@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ prokit-mkinitramfs \- Generate an initramfs containing an installed system
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBprokit mkinitramfs\fP generates an initial RAM-based file system image
containing an installed system found at \fIroot\fP.
+.P
+If \fIroot\fP is a block device node, the block device is mounted and the
+initial RAM-based file system is generated from the device's file system.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP