https://github.com/illiliti/tinyramfs

Tiny initramfs written in POSIX shell
https://github.com/illiliti/tinyramfs

embedded initramfs initrd linux luks lvm posix shell zfs

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Tiny initramfs written in POSIX shell

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/illiliti/tinyramfs
• Owner: illiliti
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2020-01-03T13:31:03.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-01-17T21:45:01.000Z (11 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-03T23:23:08.568Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: embedded, initramfs, initrd, linux, luks, lvm, posix, shell, zfs
• Language: Shell
• Homepage:
• Size: 1.48 MB
• Stars: 100
• Watchers: 8
• Forks: 19
• Open Issues: 7
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# Tinyramfs

Tiny initramfs written in POSIX shell

## Features

- No `local`'s, no bashisms, only POSIX shell

- Portable, not distro specific

- Easy to use configuration

- Make time and init time hooks

- ZFS + native encryption support

- LUKS (detached header, key), LVM

- mdev, mdevd, eudev, systemd-udevd

- Resume from swap partition

## Dependencies

* POSIX make (build time)

* POSIX utilities

* POSIX shell

* `switch_root`

* `mount`

* `cpio`

* `ldd`

  - Optional. Required for copying binary dependencies

* `strip`

  - Optional. Required for reducing image size by stripping binaries

* `blkid`

  - Optional. Required for UUID, LABEL, PARTUUID support

* `mdev` OR `mdevd` OR `eudev` OR `systemd-udevd` OR CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER

  - Optional. Required for modular kernel, /dev/mapper/* and /dev/disk/* creation

* `zfs`

  - Optional. Required for ZFS support

* `lvm2`

  - Optional. Required for LVM support

* `cryptsetup`

  - Optional. Required for LUKS support

* `busybox loadkmap`

  - Optional. Required for keymap support

* `kmod` OR `busybox modutils` with [patch](https://gist.github.com/illiliti/ef9ee781b5c6bf36d9493d99b4a1ffb6) (already included in KISS Linux)

  - Optional. Required if kernel compiled with loadable external modules

## Installation

```sh

make PREFIX=/usr install

```

## Documentation

[here](doc/)

## Thanks

[E5ten](https://github.com/E5ten)  

[dylanaraps](https://github.com/dylanaraps)

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