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NAME

6       mkdumprd - creates initial ramdisk images for kdump crash recovery
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SYNOPSIS

9       mkdumprd [OPTION]
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DESCRIPTION

13       mkdumprd creates an initial ram file system for use in conjunction with
14       the booting of a kernel within the kdump framework for crash  recovery.
15       mkdumprds  purpose  is  to  create an initial ram filesystem capable of
16       copying the crashed systems vmcore image to  a  location  specified  in
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19       mkdumprd  interrogates  the  running  system to understand what modules
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23       mkdumprd  add a new dracut module 99kdumpbase and use dracut utility to
24       generate the initramfs.
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26       mkdumprd was not intended for casual use outside of  the  service  ini‐
27       tialization  script  for the kdump utility, and should not be run manu‐
28       ally.  If you require a custom kdump initramfs image, it  is  suggested
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30       manually unpack, modify and repack the image.
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OPTIONS

35       All options here are passed to dracut  directly,  please  refer  dracut
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SEE ALSO

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45                                Fri Feb 9 2007                      MKDUMRD(8)
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