the new target, possibly including the graphical environment or terminal you are currently using.
</para>
- <para>Note that this is allowed only on units where
+ <para>Note that this operation is allowed only on units where
<option>AllowIsolate=</option> is enabled. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details.</para>
<term><command>switch-root</command> <replaceable>ROOT</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>INIT</replaceable></optional></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Switches to a different root directory and executes a new system manager process below it. This is
- intended for usage in initial RAM disks ("initrd"), and will transition from the initrd's system manager
- process (a.k.a. "init" process) to the main system manager process which is loaded from the actual host
- volume. This call takes two arguments: the directory that is to become the new root directory, and the path
- to the new system manager binary below it to execute as PID 1. If the latter is omitted or the empty
- string, a systemd binary will automatically be searched for and used as init. If the system manager path is
- omitted, equal to the empty string or identical to the path to the systemd binary, the state of the
- initrd's system manager process is passed to the main system manager, which allows later introspection of
- the state of the services involved in the initrd boot phase.</para>
+ <para>Switches to a different root directory and executes a new system manager process below it.
+ This is intended for use in the initrd, and will transition from the initrd's system manager
+ process (a.k.a. "init" process) to the main system manager process which is loaded from the
+ actual host root files system. This call takes two arguments: the directory that is to become the
+ new root directory, and the path to the new system manager binary below it to execute as PID 1.
+ If the latter is omitted or the empty string, a systemd binary will automatically be searched for
+ and used as init. If the system manager path is omitted, equal to the empty string or identical
+ to the path to the systemd binary, the state of the initrd's system manager process is passed to
+ the main system manager, which allows later introspection of the state of the services involved
+ in the initrd boot phase.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>