man mkinitramfs (Administration système) - generate an initramfs image
NAME
mkinitramfs - generate an initramfs image
SYNOPSIS
mkinitramfs [-d confdir] [-k] [-o outfile] [-r root] [version]
DESCRIPTION
The mkinitramfs script generates an initramfs image. The initramfs is an cpio archive. 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
- -d confdir Set an alternate configuration directory to obtain hooks, scripts and configuration files from, instead of /etc/mkinitramfs
- -k Keep the temporary directory used to make the image.
- -o outfile Write the image to outfile.
- -r root Override the ROOT setting in mkinitramfs.conf.
FILES
- /etc/mkinitramfs/initramfs.conf
- The default configuration file for the script. See initramfs.conf(8) for a description of the available configuration parameter.
- /etc/mkinitramfs/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/mkinitramfs/DSDT.aml
- If this file exists, it will be appended to the initramfs in a way that causes it to be loaded by ACPI.
AUTHOR
The initramfs-tools are written by Jeff Bailey <jbailey@ubuntu.com>. This manual is maintained by Maximilian Attems <maks@sternwelten.at>.