diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mkinitramfs.8 | 26 |
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 22b793b..b5eff37 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,10 +1,14 @@ initramfs-tools (0.88) UNRELEASED; urgency=low * debian/changelog: Fix missing colons in closes. + * hook-functions: Add a proper /sys walking dep_add_modules() for a minimal initramfs on MODULES=dep. (closes: #395526) - -- maximilian attems <maks@debian.org> Tue, 01 May 2007 18:29:59 +0200 + * mkinitramfs.8: Add examples section, plus improve description of the + low-level tool and how it fits with update-initramfs. + + -- maximilian attems <maks@debian.org> Tue, 01 May 2007 18:48:03 +0200 initramfs-tools (0.87b) unstable; urgency=low diff --git a/mkinitramfs.8 b/mkinitramfs.8 index a35a561..64fcc8d 100644 --- a/mkinitramfs.8 +++ b/mkinitramfs.8 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -.TH MKINITRAMFS 8 "$Date: 2007/01/02 $" "" "mkinitramfs manual" +.TH MKINITRAMFS 8 "$Date: 2007/05/01 $" "" "mkinitramfs manual" .SH NAME -mkinitramfs \- generate an initramfs image +mkinitramfs \- low-level tool for generating an initramfs image .SH SYNOPSIS .B mkinitramfs @@ -31,7 +31,12 @@ different box of the same arch with the corresponding Linux kernel. .B mkinitramfs is meant for advanced usage. On your local box .B update-initramfs -should do all necessary steps. +calls +.B mkinitramfs +with the relevant parameters. +.B update-initramfs +keeps sha1sum of generated initramfs. It takes care to generate backups +and eventually runs the bootloader. At boot time, the kernel unpacks that archive into RAM disk, mounts and uses it as initial root file system. All finding of the root device @@ -98,6 +103,21 @@ This is especially useful for bootloaders, which do not pass an root bootarg. If this file exists, it will be appended to the initramfs in a way that causes it to be loaded by ACPI. +.SH EXAMPLES + +Create an initramfs for current running kernel: + +.PP +.B mkinitramfs -o ~/tmp/initramfs-$(uname -r) + +Create an initramfs for specific kernel and keep builddirs: + +.PP +.B mkinitramfs -k -o ~/tmp/initramfs-2.6.21-686 2.6.21-686 + +Debug initramfs creation (check out written logfile) +.PP +.B sh -x mkinitramfs -o ~/tmp/initramfs-$(uname -r) 2> ~/tmp/log .SH AUTHOR The initramfs-tools are written by Maximilian Attems <maks@debian.org>, |