mkinitcpio
Generates initial ramdisk environments for booting the Linux kernel based on the specified preset(s). More information: https://man.archlinux.org/man/mkinitcpio.8.
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Perform a dry run (print what would be done without actually doing it):
mkinitcpio
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Generate a ramdisk environment based on the
linux
preset:
mkinitcpio --preset {{linux}}
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Generate a ramdisk environment based on the
linux-lts
preset:
mkinitcpio --preset {{linux-lts}}
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Generate ramdisk environments based on all existing presets (used to regenerate all the initramfs images after a change in
/etc/mkinitcpio.conf
):
mkinitcpio --allpresets
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Generate an initramfs image using an alternative configuration file:
mkinitcpio --config {{path/to/mkinitcpio.conf}} --generate {{path/to/initramfs.img}}
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Generate an initramfs image for a kernel other than the one currently running (the installed kernel releases can be found in
/usr/lib/modules/
):
mkinitcpio --kernel {{kernel_version}} --generate {{path/to/initramfs.img}}
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List all available hooks:
mkinitcpio --listhooks
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Display help for a specific hook:
mkinitcpio --hookhelp {{hook_name}}
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