da documentação do kernel do linux no linux / Documentation / initrd.txt:
noinitrd
initrd data is preserved but it is not converted to a RAM disk and
the "normal" root file system is mounted. initrd data can be read
from /dev/initrd. Note that the data in initrd can have any structure
in this case and doesn't necessarily have to be a file system image.
This option is used mainly for debugging.
Note: /dev/initrd is read-only and it can only be used once. As soon
as the last process has closed it, all data is freed and /dev/initrd
can't be opened anymore.
isto é, se você especificar o noinitrd
em suas opções de inicialização, supostamente poderá acessar o initrd original no ponto de montagem /initrd
depois que pivot_root mudar para a raiz "real", com as advertências mencionadas acima. Eu toquei com isso há duas décadas e não sei se ainda funciona.