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.\"     Title: dracut-catimages
.\"    Author: [see the "AUTHOR(S)" section]
.\" Generator: Asciidoctor 2.0.26
.\"      Date: 2026-02-27
.\"    Manual: dracut
.\"    Source: dracut
.\"  Language: English
.\"
.TH "DRACUT\-CATIMAGES" "8" "2026-02-27" "dracut" "dracut"
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.SH "NAME"
dracut-catimages \- creates initial ramdisk image by concatenating images
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBdracut\-catimages\fP [\fIOPTION\fP.\|.\|.] \fI<initramfs base image>\fP [\fI<image>\fP.\|.\|.]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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dracut\-catimages creates an initial ramdisk image by concatenating several
images from the command line and /boot/dracut/*.img
.SH "OPTIONS"
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\fB\-f, \-\-force\fP
.RS 4
overwrite existing initramfs file.
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\fB\-i, \-\-imagedir\fP
.RS 4
Directory with additional images to add (default: /boot/dracut/)
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\fB\-o, \-\-overlaydir\fP
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Overlay directory, which contains additional files that will be used to
create an additional image
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\fB\-\-nooverlay\fP
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Do not use the overlay directory
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\fB\-\-noimagedir\fP
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Do not use the additional image directory
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\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP
.RS 4
display help text and exit.
.RE
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\fB\-\-debug\fP
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output debug information of the build process
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\fB\-v, \-\-verbose\fP
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verbose output during the build process
.RE
.SH "FILES"
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\fI/boot/dracut/*.img\fP
.RS 4
images to work with
.RE
.SH "AUTHORS"
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Harald Hoyer
.SH "AVAILABILITY"
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The dracut\-catimages command is part of the dracut package and is available from
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.URL "https://github.com/dracut\-ng/dracut\-ng" "\c
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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man:dracut[8]