NAME¶

mkosi-initrd — Build initrds or unified kernel images for the current system using mkosi

SYNOPSIS¶

mkosi-initrd [options...]

DESCRIPTION¶

mkosi-initrd is wrapper on top of mkosi to simplify the generation of initrds and Unified Kernel Images for the current running system.

OPTIONS¶

--kernel-version=, -k

Kernel version where to look for the kernel modules to include. Defaults to the kernel version of the running system (uname -r).

--format=, -t

Output format. One of cpio (CPIO archive), uki (a unified kernel image with the image in the .initrd PE section) or directory (for generating an image directly in a local directory). Defaults to cpio.

--output=, -o

Name to use for the generated output image file or directory. Defaults to initrd.

--output-dir=, -O

Path to a directory where to place all generated artifacts. Defaults to the current working directory.

--generic, -g

Build a generic initrd without host-specific kernel modules, which should allow the local system to boot on different hardware, although it’s tied to the kernel version of the running system or set with --kernel-version=.

--profile=

Set the profiles to enable for the initrd. By default, all profiles are disabled.

--debug

Enable additional debugging output.

--debug-shell

Spawn debug shell in sandbox if a sandboxed command fails.

--debug-sandbox

Run mkosi-sandbox with strace.

--version

Show package version.

--help, -h

Show brief usage information.

SEE ALSO¶

mkosi(1)