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1 | MKINITRD(8) |
2 | ========= | |
3 | :doctype: manpage | |
4 | :man source: dracut | |
5 | :man manual: dracut | |
50057af1 | 6 | :man version: {version} |
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7 | |
8 | NAME | |
9 | ---- | |
10 | mkinitrd - is a compat wrapper, which calls dracut to generate an initramfs | |
11 | ||
12 | SYNOPSIS | |
13 | -------- | |
14 | *mkinitrd* ['OPTION...'] [<initrd-image>] <kernel-version> | |
15 | ||
16 | DESCRIPTION | |
17 | ----------- | |
18 | mkinitrd creates an initramfs image <initrd-image> for the kernel with | |
19 | version <kernel-version> by calling "dracut". | |
20 | ||
528864e4 | 21 | [IMPORTANT] |
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22 | If a more fine grained control over the resulting image is needed, |
23 | "dracut" should be called directly. | |
24 | ||
25 | OPTIONS | |
26 | ------- | |
27 | **--version**:: | |
28 | print info about the version | |
29 | ||
30 | **-v, --verbose**:: | |
31 | increase verbosity level | |
32 | ||
33 | **-f, --force**:: | |
34 | overwrite existing initramfs file. | |
35 | ||
36 | **--image-version*:: | |
37 | append the kernel version to the target image | |
38 | <initrd-image>-<kernel-version>. | |
39 | ||
40 | **--with=<module>**:: | |
41 | add the kernel module <module> to the initramfs. | |
42 | ||
43 | **--preload=<module>**:: | |
44 | preload the kernel module <module> in the initramfs before any other kernel | |
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45 | modules are loaded. This can be used to ensure a certain device naming, |
46 | which should in theory be avoided and the use of symbolic links in /dev is | |
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47 | encouraged. |
48 | ||
49 | **--nocompress**:: | |
50 | do not compress the resulting image. | |
51 | ||
52 | **--help**:: | |
53 | print a help message and exit. | |
54 | ||
55 | AVAILABILITY | |
56 | ------------ | |
57 | The mkinitrd command is part of the dracut package and is available from | |
58 | link:$$https://dracut.wiki.kernel.org$$[https://dracut.wiki.kernel.org] | |
59 | ||
60 | AUTHORS | |
61 | ------- | |
62 | Harald Hoyer | |
63 | ||
64 | SEE ALSO | |
65 | -------- | |
66 | *dracut*(8) |