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MKINITRAMFS(8) System Administration MKINITRAMFS(8)
NAME
mkinitramfs - low-level tool for generating an initramfs image
SYNOPSIS
mkinitramfs [option]... -o outfile [version]
mkinitramfs -h
DESCRIPTION
The mkinitramfs script generates an initramfs image. The initramfs is a compressed cpio
archive. The archive can be used on a different box of the same arch with the correspond-
ing Linux kernel. mkinitramfs is meant for advanced usage. On your local box update-
initramfs calls mkinitramfs with the relevant parameters. update-initramfs keeps sha1sum
of generated initramfs. It takes care to generate backups and eventually runs the boot-
loader.
At boot time, the kernel unpacks that archive into RAM disk, mounts and uses it as initial
root file system. All finding of the root device happens in this early userspace.
OPTIONS
-c compress
Override the COMPRESS setting in initramfs.conf.
-d confdir
Set an alternate configuration directory.
-k Keep the temporary directory used to make the image.
-o outfile
Write the image to outfile.
-r root
Override the ROOT setting in initramfs.conf.
-v Set the verbose mode output.
version
Set the kernel version of the initramfs image (defaults to the running kernel).
-h, --help
Display usage information and exit.
ENVIRONMENT
mkinitramfs honours the TMPDIR environment variable. If set, it uses subdirectories in the
given directory to create its temporary working directories. Else it uses /var/tmp as de-
fault value for that purpose. The given directory should be on a filesystem which allows
the execution of files stored there, i.e. should not be mounted with the noexec mount op-
tion.
If SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is set, mkinitramfs attempts to generate a reproducible initramfs im-
age.
FILES
/etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
The default configuration file for the script. See initramfs.conf(5) for a descrip-
tion of the available configuration parameter.
/etc/initramfs-tools/modules
Specified modules will be put in the generated image and loaded when the system
boots. The format - one per line - is identical to that of /etc/modules, which is
described in modules(5).
/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d
The conf.d directory allows one to hardcode bootargs at initramfs build time via
config snippets. This allows one to set ROOT or RESUME. This is especially useful
for bootloaders, which do not pass an root bootarg.
/etc/initramfs-tools/DSDT.aml
If this file exists, it will be appended to the initramfs in a way that causes it
to be loaded by ACPI.
EXAMPLES
Create an initramfs for current running kernel:
mkinitramfs -o ~/tmp/initramfs-$(uname -r)
Create an initramfs for specific kernel and keep builddirs:
mkinitramfs -k -o ~/tmp/initramfs-2.6.21-686 2.6.21-686
Debug initramfs creation (check out written logfile)
sh -x mkinitramfs -o ~/tmp/initramfs-$(uname -r) 2> ~/tmp/log
AUTHOR
The initramfs-tools are written by Maximilian Attems <maks AT debian.org>, Jeff Bailey <jbai-
ley AT raspberryginger.com> and numerous others.
SEE ALSO
initramfs.conf(5), initramfs-tools(7), update-initramfs(8), lsinitramfs(8), un-
mkinitramfs(8).
initramfs-tools 2018/07/18 MKINITRAMFS(8)
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