[arch-general] Systemd boot

[Lone_Wolf]

On 28-11-2020 19:24, Riccardo Paolo Bestetti wrote:
> 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


It wasn't clear to me (and still is not) what initramfs environment your 
questions were about.


Do you want answers based on systemd manpages OR on a systemd initramfs 
as setup by mkinitcpio on archlinux ?

If the former I can't help further .


If the latter :

In folder /usr/lib/initcpio/install/ you'll find the systemd , 
sd-encrypt , sd-lvm2 , sd-shutdown and sd-vconsole hook scripts .

Look at their contents and notice they add specific services and targets.

Basic.target is NOT one of them, which suggests that it doesn't matter 
in the initramfs stage of a systemd initramfs boot on archlinux.


Since absence / presence of hooks in mkinitcpio.conf changes what 
happens in the initramfs stage,

you may want to use the lsinitcpio command to look directly in your 
mkinitcpio initramfs image(s).


LW