the root file system, which is then responsible for probing all remaining hardware, mounting all
necessary file systems and spawning all configured services.</para>
- <para>On shutdown, the system manager stops all services, unmounts
- all file systems (detaching the storage technologies backing
- them), and then (optionally) jumps back into the initrd code which
- unmounts/detaches the root file system and the storage it resides
- on. As a last step, the system is powered down.</para>
+ <para>On shutdown, the system manager stops all services, unmounts all non-busy file systems (detaching
+ the storage technologies backing them), and then (optionally) jumps into the exitrd, which is backed by
+ tmpfs, and unmounts/detaches the remaining file systems, including the real root. As a last step,
+ the system is powered down.</para>
<para>Additional information about the system boot process may be
found in