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.TH "MKINITRD" "8" "2019\-11\-12" "dracut" "dracut"
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.SH "NAME"
mkinitrd \- is a compat wrapper, which calls dracut to generate an initramfs
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBmkinitrd\fR [\fIOPTION\&...\fR] [<initrd\-image>] <kernel\-version>
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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mkinitrd creates an initramfs image <initrd\-image> for the kernel with version <kernel\-version> by calling "dracut"\&.
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If a more fine grained control over the resulting image is needed, "dracut" should be called directly\&.
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.RE
.SH "OPTIONS"
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\fB\-\-version\fR
.RS 4
print info about the version
.RE
.PP
\fB\-v, \-\-verbose\fR
.RS 4
increase verbosity level
.RE
.PP
\fB\-f, \-\-force\fR
.RS 4
overwrite existing initramfs file\&.
.RE
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\fB*\-\-image\-version\fR
.RS 4
append the kernel version to the target image <initrd\-image>\-<kernel\-version>\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-with=<module>\fR
.RS 4
add the kernel module <module> to the initramfs\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-preload=<module>\fR
.RS 4
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\&.
.RE
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\fB\-\-nocompress\fR
.RS 4
do not compress the resulting image\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
print a help message and exit\&.
.RE
.SH "AVAILABILITY"
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The mkinitrd command is part of the dracut package and is available from \m[blue]\fBhttps://dracut\&.wiki\&.kernel\&.org\fR\m[]
.SH "AUTHORS"
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Harald Hoyer
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBdracut\fR(8)