initramfs.conf

Langue: en

Version: 4450 (debian - 06/08/07)

Section: 5 (Format de fichier)

NAME

initramfs.conf - configuration file for mkinitramfs

DESCRIPTION

The behaviour of mkinitramfs can be modified by its configuration file.

Each line in the file can be a configuration variable, a blank line, or a comment. The value of an variable is assigned by an statement of the form: name=[value]

Configuration options can be broken out into configuration snippets and placed in individual files in the /etc/mkinitramfs/conf.d directory. Files in this directory are always read after the main configuration file, so you can override the settings in the main config file without editing it directly.

GENERAL VARIABLES

MODULES
Specifies the modules for the initramfs image. The default setting is most.

most adds all the framebuffer, acpi, file system, ide, sata, scsi and usb drivers.

dep tries to guess which modules are necessary for the running box.

netboot adds the base modules, network modules, but skips block devices.

list includes only modules from the additional modules list.

BUSYBOX
Include busybox utilities for the boot scripts. If set to 'n' mkinitramfs will build an initramfs without busybox. Beware that many boot scripts need busybox utilities.

NFS VARIABLES

BOOT
Allows to use an nfs drive as the root of the drive. The default is to boot from local media (harddrive, USB stick). Set to nfs for an NFS root share.
DEVICE
Specifies the network interface, like eth0.
NFSROOT
Defaults to auto in order to pick up value from DHCP server. Otherwise you need to specify HOST:MOUNT.

AUTHOR

The initramfs-tools are written by Maximilian Attems <maks@sternwelten.at>, Jeff Bailey <jbailey@raspberryginger.com> and numerous others. Loosely based on mkinitrd.conf by Herbert Xu.

SEE ALSO

.IRinitramfs-tools(8), mkinitramfs(8), update-initramfs(8).