kernel boot procedure

[beyond.hack]

@Vladimir Murzin--thnx. for the link..really interesting it is..

@Santosh sir,

Quoting from:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-initrd/index.html

*The initial RAM disk (initrd) is an initial root file system that is
mounted prior to when the real root file system is available. The initrd is
bound to the kernel and loaded as part of the kernel boot procedure. The
kernel then mounts this initrd as part of the two-stage boot process to
load the modules to make the real file systems available and get at the
real root file system.*


We were just at
BIOS->MBR->bootloader at MBR(GRUB/LILO)-....

1.does GRUB/LILO understand/see the  filesystems????
--so that it mounts the initrd image or the kernel image bcz. they both are
in /boot(harddisk filesystems)
2.does the kernel mounts initrd as root filesystem???  or the bootloader
does this task??
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