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1 | MKINITRD(8) |
2 | ========= | |
3 | :doctype: manpage | |
4 | :man source: dracut | |
5 | :man manual: dracut | |
6 | ||
7 | NAME | |
8 | ---- | |
9 | mkinitrd - is a compat wrapper, which calls dracut to generate an initramfs | |
10 | ||
11 | SYNOPSIS | |
12 | -------- | |
13 | *mkinitrd* ['OPTION...'] [<initrd-image>] <kernel-version> | |
14 | ||
15 | DESCRIPTION | |
16 | ----------- | |
17 | mkinitrd creates an initramfs image <initrd-image> for the kernel with | |
18 | version <kernel-version> by calling "dracut". | |
19 | ||
20 | If a more fine grained control over the resulting image is needed, | |
21 | "dracut" should be called directly. | |
22 | ||
23 | OPTIONS | |
24 | ------- | |
25 | **--version**:: | |
26 | print info about the version | |
27 | ||
28 | **-v, --verbose**:: | |
29 | increase verbosity level | |
30 | ||
31 | **-f, --force**:: | |
32 | overwrite existing initramfs file. | |
33 | ||
34 | **--image-version*:: | |
35 | append the kernel version to the target image | |
36 | <initrd-image>-<kernel-version>. | |
37 | ||
38 | **--with=<module>**:: | |
39 | add the kernel module <module> to the initramfs. | |
40 | ||
41 | **--preload=<module>**:: | |
42 | preload the kernel module <module> in the initramfs before any other kernel | |
43 | modules are loaded. This can be used to ensure a certain device naming, which | |
44 | should in theory be avoided and the use of symbolic links in /dev is | |
45 | encouraged. | |
46 | ||
47 | **--nocompress**:: | |
48 | do not compress the resulting image. | |
49 | ||
50 | **--help**:: | |
51 | print a help message and exit. | |
52 | ||
53 | AVAILABILITY | |
54 | ------------ | |
55 | The mkinitrd command is part of the dracut package and is available from | |
56 | link:$$https://dracut.wiki.kernel.org$$[https://dracut.wiki.kernel.org] | |
57 | ||
58 | AUTHORS | |
59 | ------- | |
60 | Harald Hoyer | |
61 | ||
62 | SEE ALSO | |
63 | -------- | |
64 | *dracut*(8) |