systemd-journal.socket


                                               |


                                               v


                                    dracut-cmdline.service


                                               |


                                               v


                                    dracut-pre-udev.service


                                               |


                                               v


                                     systemd-udevd.service


                                               |


                                               v
local-fs-pre.target                dracut-pre-trigger.service


         |                                     |


         v                                     v


 (various mounts)  (various swap  systemd-udev-trigger.service


         |           devices...)               |             (various low-level   (various low-level


         |               |                     |             services: seed,       API VFS mounts:


         v               v                     v             tmpfiles, random     mqueue, configfs,


  local-fs.target   swap.target     dracut-initqueue.service    sysctl, ...)        debugfs, ...)


         |               |                     |                    |                    |


         \_______________|____________________ | ___________________|____________________/


                                              \|/


                                               v


                                        sysinit.target


                                               |


                             _________________/|\___________________


                            /                  |                    \


                            |                  |                    |


                            v                  |                    v


                        (various               |              rescue.service


                       sockets...)             |                    |


                            |                  |                    v


                            v                  |              rescue.target


                     sockets.target            |


                            |                  |


                            \_________________ |                                 emergency.service


                                              \|                                         |


                                               v                                         v


                                         basic.target                             emergency.target


                                               |


                        ______________________/|


                       /                       |


                       |                       v


                       |            initrd-root-device.target


                       |                       |


                       |                       v


                       |            dracut-pre-mount.service


                       |                       |


                       |                       v


                       |                  sysroot.mount


                       |                       |


                       |                       v


                       |             initrd-root-fs.target


           (custom initrd services)            |


                       |                       v


                       |             dracut-mount.service


                       |                       |


                       |                       v


                       |            initrd-parse-etc.service


                       |                       |


                       |                       v


                       |            (sysroot-usr.mount and


                       |             various mounts marked


                       |               with fstab option


                       |                x-initrd.mount)


                       |                       |


                       |                       v


                       |                initrd-fs.target


                       \______________________ |


                                              \|


                                               v


                                          initrd.target


                                               |


                                               v


                                    dracut-pre-pivot.service


                                               |


                                               v


                                     initrd-cleanup.service


                                          isolates to


                                    initrd-switch-root.target


                                               |


                                               v


                        ______________________/|


                       /                       |


                       |        initrd-udevadm-cleanup-db.service


                       |                       |


           (custom initrd services)            |


                       |                       |


                       \______________________ |


                                              \|


                                               v


                                   initrd-switch-root.target


                                               |


                                               v


                                   initrd-switch-root.service


                                               |


                                               v


                                          switch-root