157 lines
3.6 KiB
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157 lines
3.6 KiB
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.TH MKINITRAMFS 8 "2010/04/07" "Linux" "mkinitramfs manual"
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.SH NAME
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mkinitramfs \- low-level tool for generating an initramfs image
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B mkinitramfs
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.RB [ \-c
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.IR compress ]
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.RB [ \-d
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.IR confdir ]
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.RB [ \-k ]
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.RB \-o
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.IR outfile
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.RB [ \-r
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.IR root ]
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.RB [ \-v ]
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.RI [ version ]
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.B mkinitramfs
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.RB [ \-\-supported-host-version=
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.IR hversion ]
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.B mkinitramfs
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.RB [ \-\-supported-target-version=
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.IR tversion ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.B mkinitramfs
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script generates an initramfs image.
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The initramfs is a compressed cpio archive. The archive can be used on a
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different box of the same arch with the corresponding Linux kernel.
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.B mkinitramfs
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is meant for advanced usage. On your local box
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.B update-initramfs
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calls
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.B mkinitramfs
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with the relevant parameters.
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.B update-initramfs
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keeps sha1sum of generated initramfs. It takes care to generate backups
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and eventually runs the bootloader.
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At boot time, the kernel unpacks that archive into RAM disk, mounts and
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uses it as initial root file system. All finding of the root device
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happens in this early userspace.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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\fB \-c \fI compress
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Override the
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.B COMPRESS
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setting in
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.IR initramfs.conf .
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.TP
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\fB \-d \fI confdir
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Set an alternate configuration directory.
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.TP
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\fB \-k
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Keep the temporary directory used to make the image.
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.TP
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\fB \-o \fI outfile
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Write the image to
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.IR outfile .
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.TP
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\fB \-r \fI root
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Override the
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.B ROOT
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setting in
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.IR initramfs.conf .
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.TP
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\fB \-v
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Set the verbose mode output.
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.TP
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\fI version
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Set the kernel version of the initramfs image
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(defaults to the running kernel).
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\fB\-\-supported-host-version=\fIhversion
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This option queries if mkinitramfs can create ramdisks on a running kernel of version
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.IR hversion .
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.TP
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\fB\-\-supported-target-version=\fItversion
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This option queries if mkinitramfs can create ramdisks for kernel version
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.IR tversion .
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.SH ENVIRONMENT
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.B mkinitramfs
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honours the
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.B TMPDIR
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environment variable. If set, it uses subdirectories in the given
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directory to create its temporary working directories. Else it uses
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.I /tmp
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as default value for that purpose. The given directory should be on a
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filesystem which allows the execution of files stored there, i.e.
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should not be mounted with the
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.B noexec
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mount option.
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.SH FILES
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.TP
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.I /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
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The default configuration file for the script. See
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.BR initramfs.conf (5)
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for a description of the available configuration parameter.
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.TP
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.I /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
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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
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.I /etc/modules,
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which is described in
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.BR modules (5).
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.TP
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.I /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d
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The conf.d directory allows to hardcode bootargs at initramfs build time
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via config snippets. This allows to set ROOT or RESUME.
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This is especially useful for bootloaders, which do not pass an root bootarg.
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.TP
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.I /etc/initramfs-tools/DSDT.aml
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If this file exists, it will be appended to the initramfs in a way that causes
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it to be loaded by ACPI.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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Create an initramfs for current running kernel:
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.PP
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.B mkinitramfs -o ~/tmp/initramfs-$(uname -r)
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Create an initramfs for specific kernel and keep builddirs:
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.PP
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.B mkinitramfs -k -o ~/tmp/initramfs-2.6.21-686 2.6.21-686
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Debug initramfs creation (check out written logfile)
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.PP
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.B sh -x mkinitramfs -o ~/tmp/initramfs-$(uname -r) 2> ~/tmp/log
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.SH AUTHOR
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The initramfs-tools are written by Maximilian Attems <maks@debian.org>,
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Jeff Bailey <jbailey@raspberryginger.com> and numerous others.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR
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.IR initramfs.conf (5),
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.IR initramfs-tools (8),
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.IR update-initramfs (8).
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