NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

       mkinitrd [OPTION...]

DESCRIPTION

       mkinitrd creates an initramfs image <initrd-image> for the kernel with version
       <kernel-version> by calling dracut.

           Important
           This version of mkinitrd is provided for compatibility with older versions of
           mkinitrd. If a more fine grained control over the resulting image is needed, dracut
           should be called directly.

OPTIONS

       -R, --version
           print info about the version

       -k <kernel_list>
           List of kernel images for which initrd files are created (relative to boot_dir), Image
           name should begin with the following string, defaults to vmlinux on ppc/ppc64, image
           on s390/s390x and vmlinuz for everything else.

       -i <initrd_list>
           List of file names (relative to boot_dir) for the initrd; positions have to match the
           kernel_list. Defaults to initrd.

       -m <module_list>
           Modules to include in initrd, defaults to INITRD_MODULES variable in
           /etc/sysconfig/kernel.

       -f <feature_list>
           Features to be enabled for the initrd. In general mkinitrd configures the initrd for
           the root device it is started from. With this option additional feature can be
           enabled.

       -b <bootdir>
           Boot directory, defaults to /boot, where the initrd is created.

       -d <root_device>
           Root device, defaults to the device from which the root_dir is mounted; overwrites the
           rootdev environment variable if set

       -s <size>
           Add splash animation and bootscreen to initrd.

       -D _<interface>
           Run dhcp on the specified interface (for example "eth0").

       -I _<interface>
           Configure the specified interface statically.

       -a _<acpi_dsdt>
           Attach compiled ACPI DSDT (Differentiated System Description Table) to initrd. This
           replaces the DSDT of the BIOS. Defaults to the ACPI_DSDT variable in
           /etc/sysconfig/kernel.

       -M _<map>
           System.map file to use.

       -B
           Don’t run the update-bootloader(8) script after the initrd(s) have been created. This
           is useful if you call mkinitrd(8) for anything else than the running system.

       -A
           Create a so called "monster initrd" which includes all available features and modules.
           This calls dracut with --no-hostonly and --no-hostonly-cmdline parameters internally,
           instead of the default --hostonly and --hostonly-cmdline.

       -v, --verbose
           increase verbosity level

       -L
           Disable logging to /var/log/YaST2/mkinitrd.log. This is useful for testing if you
           don’t want to clutter the system log.

       --help
           print a help message and exit.

AVAILABILITY

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

AUTHORS

       Harald Hoyer, Hannes Reinecke

SEE ALSO

       dracut(8) update-bootloader(8)