Files: /linuxrc /sbin/vgchange /sbin/vgscan /sbin/raidstart /lib/modules/xor.o /lib/modules/raid5.o /lib/modules/md.o /lib/modules/lvm-mod.o /lib/modules/aic7xxx.o /lib/modules/sd_mod.o /lib/modules/scsi_mod.o /lib/modules/loop.o /lib/liblvm-10.so.1 /lib/libc.so.6 /lib/ld-linux.so.2 /lib/liblvm-10.so /lib/liblvm-10.so.1.0 /bin/sh /bin/busybox /etc/raidtab Empty directories: /tmp /proc (mountpoint for procfs) /mnt (a convenient place to mount filesystems) /sysroot (this is where the real root filesystem gets mounted) Devices: /dev/console /dev/fd0 /dev/null /dev/ram /dev/systty /dev/zero You'll also want device nodes for any storage devices (e.g., /dev/hd*, /dev/sd*, /dev/md*, etc).