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.TH "mkosi\-initrd" "1" "" "" ""
.SH NAME
mkosi\-initrd \[em] Build initrds or unified kernel images for the
current system using mkosi
.SH SYNOPSIS
\f[CR]mkosi\-initrd [options\&...]\f[R]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\f[CR]mkosi\-initrd\f[R] is wrapper on top of \f[CR]mkosi\f[R] to
simplify the generation of initrds and Unified Kernel Images for the
current running system.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\f[CR]\-\-kernel\-version=\f[R]
Kernel version where to look for the kernel modules to include.
Defaults to the kernel version of the running system
(\f[CR]uname \-r\f[R]).
.TP
\f[CR]\-\-format=\f[R], \f[CR]\-t\f[R]
Output format.
One of \f[CR]cpio\f[R] (CPIO archive), \f[CR]uki\f[R] (a unified kernel
image with the image in the \f[CR].initrd\f[R] PE section) or
\f[CR]directory\f[R] (for generating an image directly in a local
directory).
Defaults to \f[CR]cpio\f[R].
.TP
\f[CR]\-\-output=\f[R], \f[CR]\-o\f[R]
Name to use for the generated output image file or directory.
Defaults to \f[CR]initrd\f[R].
.TP
\f[CR]\-\-output\-dir=\f[R], \f[CR]\-O\f[R]
Path to a directory where to place all generated artifacts.
Defaults to the current working directory.
.TP
\f[CR]\-\-debug=\f[R]
Enable additional debugging output.
.TP
\f[CR]\-\-debug\-shell=\f[R]
Spawn debug shell in sandbox if a sandboxed command fails.
.TP
\f[CR]\-\-version\f[R]
Show package version.
.TP
\f[CR]\-\-help\f[R], \f[CR]\-h\f[R]
Show brief usage information.
.SH SEE ALSO
\f[CR]mkosi(1)\f[R]