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dracut — Generate initramfs images to boot the Linux kernel. Dracut uses options from configuration files in

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Problem

How to use the dracut command: Generate initramfs images to boot the Linux kernel. Dracut uses options from configuration files in /etc/dracut.conf, /etc/dracut.conf.d/.conf and /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/.conf by default. More information: <https://github.com/dracut-ng/dracut-ng/blob/main/man/dracut.8.adoc>.

Solution

dracut — Generate initramfs images to boot the Linux kernel. Dracut uses options from configuration files in /etc/dracut.conf, /etc/dracut.conf.d/.conf and /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/.conf by default. More information: <https://github.com/dracut-ng/dracut-ng/blob/main/man/dracut.8.adoc>.

Generate an initramfs image for the current kernel without overriding any options:
dracut


Generate an initramfs image for the current kernel and overwrite the existing one:
dracut {{[-f|--force]}}


Generate an initramfs image for a specific kernel:
dracut --kver {{kernel_version}}


List available modules:
dracut --list-modules

Code Snippets

Generate an initramfs image for the current kernel without overriding any options

dracut

Generate an initramfs image for the current kernel and overwrite the existing one

dracut {{[-f|--force]}}

Generate an initramfs image for a specific kernel

dracut --kver {{kernel_version}}

List available modules

dracut --list-modules

Context

tldr-pages: linux/dracut

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