cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/62743547
this post was submitted on 04 Nov 2026
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is that on /dev/sda ?
It’s wherever came loading from initramfs and vmlinuz. Basically, whatever BIOS/UEFI found as the Lord of the Roots.
It's always there, even before anything is mounted. You just overlay a filesystem over it during boot.