What else is different from Arch?

According to the install instructions on ArchWiki:

Initramfs

Creating a new initramfs is usually not required, because mkinitcpio was run on installation of the kernel package with pacstrap.

So I guess that is what it “defaults” to installing the linux package (kernel):

# pacstrap -K /mnt base linux linux-firmware

One can perhaps already install dracut at this stage but the question is will it be run instead of mkinitcpio or the switch must be made afterwards? That is after mkinitcpio has already been run and generated the initramfs?

There is no mention of dracut on the installation page. So my guess is that is an option for more informed/advanced (?) users knowing what they want and what to do.

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