1MKINITRD(8)                         dracut                         MKINITRD(8)
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NAME

6       mkinitrd - is a compat wrapper, which calls dracut to generate an
7       initramfs
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SYNOPSIS

10       mkinitrd [OPTION...] [<initrd-image>] <kernel-version>
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DESCRIPTION

13       mkinitrd creates an initramfs image <initrd-image> for the kernel with
14       version <kernel-version> by calling "dracut".
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16           Important
17           If a more fine grained control over the resulting image is needed,
18           "dracut" should be called directly.
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OPTIONS

21       --version
22           print info about the version
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24       -v, --verbose
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28           overwrite existing initramfs file.
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30       *--image-version
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32           <initrd-image>-<kernel-version>.
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34       --with=<module>
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37       --preload=<module>
38           preload the kernel module <module> in the initramfs before any
39           other kernel modules are loaded. This can be used to ensure a
40           certain device naming, which should in theory be avoided and the
41           use of symbolic links in /dev is encouraged.
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46       --help
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AVAILABILITY

50       The mkinitrd command is part of the dracut package and is available
51       from https://dracut.wiki.kernel.org
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AUTHORS

54       Harald Hoyer
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SEE ALSO

57       dracut(8)
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