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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 | ||
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21 | If a more fine grained control over the resulting image is needed, |
22 | "dracut" should be called directly. | |
23 | ||
24 | OPTIONS | |
25 | ------- | |
26 | **--version**:: | |
27 | print info about the version | |
28 | ||
29 | **-v, --verbose**:: | |
30 | increase verbosity level | |
31 | ||
32 | **-f, --force**:: | |
33 | overwrite existing initramfs file. | |
34 | ||
35 | **--image-version*:: | |
36 | append the kernel version to the target image | |
37 | <initrd-image>-<kernel-version>. | |
38 | ||
39 | **--with=<module>**:: | |
40 | add the kernel module <module> to the initramfs. | |
41 | ||
42 | **--preload=<module>**:: | |
43 | preload the kernel module <module> in the initramfs before any other kernel | |
44 | modules are loaded. This can be used to ensure a certain device naming, which | |
45 | should in theory be avoided and the use of symbolic links in /dev is | |
46 | encouraged. | |
47 | ||
48 | **--nocompress**:: | |
49 | do not compress the resulting image. | |
50 | ||
51 | **--help**:: | |
52 | print a help message and exit. | |
53 | ||
54 | AVAILABILITY | |
55 | ------------ | |
56 | The mkinitrd command is part of the dracut package and is available from | |
57 | link:$$https://dracut.wiki.kernel.org$$[https://dracut.wiki.kernel.org] | |
58 | ||
59 | AUTHORS | |
60 | ------- | |
61 | Harald Hoyer | |
62 | ||
63 | SEE ALSO | |
64 | -------- | |
65 | *dracut*(8) |