MKINITRD(8)                        dracut                        MKINITRD(8)

NAME         top

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

SYNOPSIS         top

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

DESCRIPTION         top

       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         top

       --version
           print info about the version

       -v, --verbose
           increase verbosity level

       -f, --force
           overwrite existing initramfs file.

       *--image-version
           append the kernel version to the target image
           <initrd-image>-<kernel-version>.

       --with=<module>
           add the kernel module <module> to the initramfs.

       --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.

       --nocompress
           do not compress the resulting image.

       --help
           print a help message and exit.

AVAILABILITY         top

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

AUTHORS         top

       Harald Hoyer

SEE ALSO         top

       dracut(8)

COLOPHON         top

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       infrastructure) project.  Information about the project can be found
       at ⟨https://dracut.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page⟩.  If you have
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dracut                           12/17/2015                      MKINITRD(8)

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