During the boot of the kernel, the initial-RAM disk (initrd) that was loaded into memory by the stage 2 boot loader is copied into RAM and mounted.

在内核引导过程中，初始ram磁盘(initrd)是由阶段2引导加载程序加载到内存中的，它会被复制到RAM中并挂载到系统上。

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The task at this stage is to load the Linux kernel and optional initial RAM disk.

这个阶段的任务是加载Linux内核和可选的初始ram磁盘。

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The first-stage boot loader scans the table, looking for the active partition; when the loader locates the partition, it loads the second-stage boot loader into RAM and invokes it.

第一阶段的引导加载程序对表进行扫描，查找活动分区；当加载程序找到分区时，就将第二阶段的引导加载程序加载到RAM中并调用它。

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