#top mkinitrd¶

Act as if module is built into the kernel being used. mkinitrd will not look for this module, and will not emit an error if it does not exist. This option may be used multiple times.

Allows mkinitrd to overwrite an existing image file.

Use fstab to automatically determine what type of filesystem the root device is on. Normally, /etc/fstab is used.

The kernel version number is appended to the initrd image path before the image is created.

Normally the created initrd image is compressed with gzip. If this option is specified, the compression is skipped.

Do not use the pivot_root system call as part of the initrd. This lets mkinitrd build proper images for Linux 2.2 kernels at the expense of some features. In particular, some filesystems (such as ext3) will not work properly and filesystem options will not be used to mount root. This option is not recommended, and will be removed in future versions.

Do not load any lvm modules, even if /etc/fstab expects them.

Do not load any raid modules, even if /etc/fstab and /etc/raidtab expect them.

Do not load any scsi modules, including 'scsi_mod' and 'sd_mod' modules, even if they are present. If the root partition is on a scsi device, mkinitrd will still include the necessary scsi modules to support that device.

Load the module module in the initial ramdisk image. The module gets loaded before any SCSI modules which are specified in /etc/modprobe.conf. This option may be used as many times as necessary.

Prints out verbose information while creating the image (normally the mkinitrd runs silently).

Prints the version of mkinitrd that's being used and then exits.

Load the modules module in the initial ramdisk image. The module gets loaded after any SCSI modules which are specified in /etc/modprobe.conf. This option may be used as many times as necessary.