MKINITRD

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
AVAILABILITY
AUTHORS
SEE ALSO

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NAME

mkinitrd-suse − is a compat wrapper, which calls dracut to generate an initramfs

SYNOPSIS

mkinitrd [OPTION…]

DESCRIPTION

mkinitrd creates an initramfs image for the kernel with version by calling dracut.

Important
This version of mkinitrd is provided for compatibility with older versions of mkinitrd. If a more fine grained control over the resulting image is needed, dracut should be called directly.

OPTIONS

−R, −−version

print info about the version

−k 

List of kernel images for which initrd files are created (relative to boot_dir), Image name should begin with the following string, defaults to vmlinux on ppc/ppc64, image on s390/s390x and vmlinuz for everything else.

−i 

List of file names (relative to boot_dir) for the initrd; positions have to match the kernel_list. Defaults to initrd.

−m 

Modules to include in initrd, defaults to INITRD_MODULES variable in /etc/sysconfig/kernel.

−f 

Features to be enabled for the initrd. In general mkinitrd configures the initrd for the root device it is started from. With this option additional feature can be enabled.

−b 

Boot directory, defaults to /boot, where the initrd is created.

−d 

Root device, defaults to the device from which the root_dir is mounted; overwrites the rootdev environment variable if set

−s 

Add splash animation and bootscreen to initrd.

−D _

Run dhcp on the specified interface (for example “eth0”).

−I _

Configure the specified interface statically.

−a _

Attach compiled ACPI DSDT (Differentiated System Description Table) to initrd. This replaces the DSDT of the BIOS. Defaults to the ACPI_DSDT variable in /etc/sysconfig/kernel.

−M _

System.map file to use.

−B

Don’t run the update−bootloader(8) script after the initrd(s) have been created. This is useful if you call mkinitrd(8) for anything else than the running system.

−A

Create a so called “monster initrd” which includes all available features and modules. This calls dracut with −−no−hostonly and −−no−hostonly−cmdline parameters internally, instead of the default −−hostonly and −−hostonly−cmdline.

−v, −−verbose

increase verbosity level

−L

Disable logging to /var/log/YaST2/mkinitrd.log. This is useful for testing if you don’t want to clutter the system log.

−−help

print a help message and exit.

AVAILABILITY

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

AUTHORS

Harald Hoyer, Hannes Reinecke

SEE ALSO

dracut(8) update−bootloader(8)

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