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Name

unmkinitramfs - extract content from an initramfs image

Synopsis

unmkinitramfs [ -v ] initramfs-file " " directory unmkinitramfs " " -h

Description

The unmkinitramfs command extracts the content of a given initramfs image using cpio .If the image contains multiple segments, each are passed to cpio in order.

Options

-h Display usage information and exit.

-v Display verbose messages about extraction.

Usage Examples

Extract initramfs content of current running kernel:

unmkinitramfs /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r) initramfs/

Bugs

unmkinitramfscannot deal with multiple-segmented initramfs images, except where an early (uncompressed) initramfs with system firmware is prepended to the regular compressed initramfs.

Author

The initramfs-tools are written by Maximilian Attems <[email protected]> and numerous others.

See Also

  1. .BR
    2. initramfs-tools (7), lsinitramfs (8), mkinitramfs (8), update-initramfs (8).