mkinitrd8
Is a compat wrapper, which calls dracut to generate an initramfs
Usage
mkinitrd [OPTION ...]
[<initrd-image>]
<kernel-version>
Overview
mkinitrd creates an initramfs image <initrd-image> for the kernel with version <kernel-version> by calling "dracut".
Important
If a more fine grained control over the resulting image is needed, "dracut" should be called directly.
Options
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--version -
print info about the version
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-v, --verbose -
increase verbosity level
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-f, --force -
overwrite existing initramfs file.
*--image-version
append the kernel version to the target image <initrd-image>-<kernel-version>.
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--with=<module> -
add the kernel module <module> to the initramfs.
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--preload=<module> -
preload the kernel module <module> in the initramfs before any other kernel modules are loaded. This can be used to ensure a certain device naming, which should in theory be avoided and the use of symbolic links in /dev is encouraged.
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--nocompress -
do not compress the resulting image.
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--help -
print a help message and exit.
Releases
7 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 6 times.
--force since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--help since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--nocompress since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--preload since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--verbose since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--version since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--with since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-f since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-v since Debian 8 (Jessie).
--supported-host-version until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--supported-target-version until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-d until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-k until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-m until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-o until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-r until Debian 4.0 (Etch).