[arch-general] Systemd boot

[Riccardo Paolo Bestetti]

On Sat Nov 28, 2020 at 1:58 PM CET, Lone_Wolf wrote:
> Archlinux has its own boot process, described at [1]
>
> Check the initramfs section and you'll see a reference to mkinitcpio [2]
> .
>
> On the mkinitcpio page look at the Common Hooks section.
>
> Basically there are 2 systems that archlinux can use in initramfs :
> busybox and systemd .
>
>
> Check the hooks in your mkinitcpio.conf : are you using the systemd hook
> or any of the sd-* hooks ?
>
> If yes, mkinitpio sd-encrypt hook is what handles your encrypted drives.
> see [3] for details
>
> If no, busybox encrypt hook is responsible, see [4].
I'm informed on what the supported boot processed for Arch are, and I
very well known which one I'm running, as I configured it. :)

I'm grateful for your help, but you didn't really answer any of my
questions, which are about some specifics of the systemd boot process
that I'd like to better understand.

Riccardo