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systemd-stable/man/systemd-volatile-root.service.xml
Lennart Poettering 55c041b4e4 tree-wide: also settle on "initrd" instead of "initial RAM disk"
With this the concept is now called the same way everywhere except where
historical info is relevant or where the other names are API.
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<refentry id="systemd-volatile-root.service">
<refentryinfo>
<title>systemd-volatile-root.service</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>systemd-volatile-root.service</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd-volatile-root.service</refname>
<refname>systemd-volatile-root</refname>
<refpurpose>Make the root file system volatile</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<para><filename>systemd-volatile-root.service</filename></para>
<para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-volatile-root</filename></para>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><filename>systemd-volatile-root.service</filename> is a service that replaces the root directory with a
volatile memory file system (<literal>tmpfs</literal>), mounting the original (non-volatile)
<filename>/usr/</filename> inside it read-only. This way, vendor data from <filename>/usr/</filename> is available as
usual, but all configuration data in <filename>/etc/</filename>, all state data in <filename>/var/</filename> and all
other resources stored directly under the root directory are reset on boot and lost at shutdown, enabling fully
stateless systems.</para>
<para>This service is only enabled if full volatile mode is selected, for example by specifying
<literal>systemd.volatile=yes</literal> on the kernel command line. This service runs only in the initrdyes,
before the system transitions to the host's root directory. Note that this service is not used if
<literal>systemd.volatile=state</literal> is used, as in that mode the root directory is
non-volatile.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>kernel-command-line</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>