man page initrd (4) is outdated and misleading

Bug #611181 reported by Eric B
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: manpages

How to reproduce :
===============
type
$ man 4 initrd
or
$ man initrd

What happens
============

Explanations are:
 - about file /dev/initrd : /dev/initrd does not exist anymore
 - about kernel 2.4 boot process : current kernels are 2.6
 - about lilo boot loader : grub has replaced lilo

What was expected
===============

See explanations:
 - about file /boot/initrd.img-(version)
 - about kernel 2.6 boot process
 - about grub 2 integration
OR
See nothing.

Way to fix
========

Remove file /usr/share/man/man4/initrd.4.gz
from "manpages" package
OR
Rewrite this page

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: manpages 3.23-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.38-genusername 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jul 29 09:21:10 2010
Dependencies:

PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: manpages

Eric B (ebischoff)
tags: added: documentation
tags: removed: documentation
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