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+.TH INITRAMFS.CONF 5  "2007/01/01" "" "initramfs.conf manual"
+
+.SH NAME
+initramfs.conf \- configuration file for mkinitramfs
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The behaviour of
+.B mkinitramfs
+can be modified by its configuration file.
+
+Each line in the file can be a configuration variable, a blank line,
+or a comment. The value of an variable is assigned by an statement
+of the form: \fIname\fP=[\fIvalue\fP]
+
+Configuration options can be broken out into configuration snippets and
+placed in individual files in the /etc/mkinitramfs/conf.d directory.  Files
+in this directory are always read \fBafter\fP the main configuration file,
+so you can override the settings in the main config file without editing it
+directly.
+
+.SH GENERAL VARIABLES
+.TP
+\fB MODULES
+Specifies the modules for the initramfs image.
+The default setting is \fImost\fP.
+
+\fImost\fP adds all the framebuffer, acpi, file system, ide, sata, scsi and usb drivers.
+
+\fIdep\fP tries to guess which modules are necessary for the running box.
+
+\fInetboot\fP adds the base modules, network modules, but skips block devices.
+
+\fIlist\fP includes only modules from the additional modules list to load them
+early.
+
+.TP
+\fB BUSYBOX
+Include busybox utilities for the boot scripts.
+If set to 'n'
+.B mkinitramfs
+will build an initramfs without busybox.
+Beware that many boot scripts need busybox utilities.
+
+.TP
+\fB KEYMAP
+If set to 'y', the console keymap will be loaded during the initramfs stage.
+The keymap will anyway be loaded by the initscripts later, and the packages
+that might need input will normally set this variable automatically, so there
+should normally be no need to set this.
+
+.SH NFS VARIABLES
+.TP
+\fB BOOT
+Allows to use an nfs drive as the root of the drive.
+The default is to boot from \fIlocal\fP media (hard drive, USB stick).
+Set to \fInfs\fP for an NFS root share.
+
+.TP
+\fB DEVICE
+Specifies the network interface, like eth0.
+
+.TP
+\fB ROOT
+Allows optional root bootarg hardcoding, when no root bootarg can be passed.
+A root bootarg overrides that special setting.
+
+.TP
+\fB NFSROOT
+Defaults to \fIauto\fP in order to pick up value from DHCP server.
+Otherwise you need to specify \fIHOST:MOUNT\fP.
+
+
+.SH AUTHOR
+The initramfs-tools are written by Maximilian Attems <maks@debian.org>,
+Jeff Bailey <jbailey@raspberryginger.com> and numerous others.
+Loosely based on mkinitrd.conf by Herbert Xu.
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR
+.IR initramfs-tools (8),
+.IR mkinitramfs (8),
+.IR update-initramfs (8).