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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 | ||
| 528864e4 | 20 | [IMPORTANT] |
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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 | |
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44 | modules are loaded. This can be used to ensure a certain device naming, |
| 45 | which should in theory be avoided and the use of symbolic links in /dev is | |
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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) |