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<refentry>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>geninitrd</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class="software">PLD</refmiscinfo>
- <refmiscinfo class="date">$Date: 2002/03/13 14:42:15 $</refmiscinfo>
+ <refmiscinfo class="date">$Date$</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>geninitrd</refname>
<arg rep="repeat">--with=module</arg>
<arg rep="repeat">--preload=module</arg>
<arg>--fstab=fstab</arg>
- <arg>--raidtab=raidtab</arg>
+ <arg>--lvmtoolsversion=1|2</arg>
<arg>--modules-conf=modules.conf</arg>
- <arg>--fs=rom|ext2|cram</arg>
+ <arg>--initrdfs=rom|initramfs|ext2|cram</arg>
<arg choice="req">image</arg>
<arg choice="req">kernel-version</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
Normally, <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> is used.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>--raidtab=<filename>raidtab</filename></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Use <filename>raidtab</filename> to automatically
- determine raid settings of the root device. Normally,
- <filename>/etc/raidtab</filename> is used.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>--ifneeded</term>
<listitem>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>--initrdfs=<filename>ext2|rom|cram</filename></term>
+ <term>--initrdfs=<filename>rom|initramfs|ext2|cram</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>Filesystem type to be used for the image. Only
selected filesystem should always be compiled into
kernel.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>--lvmtoolsversion=1|2</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Tell which version of LVM tools are used.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
- </refsect1>
+</refsect1>
+<refsect1>
+ <title>SCSI support</title>
+ <para>
+ If geninitrd detect rootfs on SCSI disk then lookup for "scsi_hostadapter" alias in /etc/modules.conf file and use it to load proper SCSI low-level driver(s).
+ </para>
+</refsect1>
+<refsect1>
+ <title>ATA RAID support</title>
+ <para>
+ If geninitrd detect rootfs on ATA RAID then lookup for "ataraid_hostadapter" alias in /etc/modules.conf and use it to load proper ATA RAID low level driver.
+ </para>
+ <para>For eg. if you have Promise FastTrack controler then add "alias ataraid_hostadapter pdcraid" to /etc/modules.conf.</para>
+</refsect1>
+<refsect1>
+ <title>Splash support</title>
+ <para>
+ Geninitrd supports both <application>bootsplash</application> and <application>fbsplash</application> (<application>splashutils</application>) incorpororation into boot proces.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ For both <application>fbsplash</application> and <application>bootsplash</application> to work, the kernel needs to be patched respectivly.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Additionally, for <application>fbsplash</application> and <application>bootsplash</application> you need to pass special kernel parameters during boot. Use <application>rc-boot</application>, <application>lilo</application> or <application>grub</application> to pass the parameters. For details on parameters please consult <application>fbsplash</application> or <application>bootsplash</application> documentation.
+ </para>
+</refsect1>
+<!-- refsect1>
+ <title>Hardware RAID support</title>
+ <para>
+ geninitrd support following RAID controlers:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para></para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+</refsect1 -->
<refsect1>
<title>FILES</title>
<variablelist>
<refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>
- <citerefentry>
- <refentrytitle>insmod</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
- </citerefentry>
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>grub</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
<refsect1>
<title>Authors</title>
<para><application>geninitrd</application> is based on mkinitrd by
- Erik Troan <email>ewt@redhat.com</email> and contributors:
+ Erik Troan <email>ewt(at)redhat.com</email> and contributors:
<simplelist>
- <member>Elliot Lee <email>sopwith@cuc.edu</email></member>
+ <member>Elliot Lee <email>sopwith(at)cuc.edu</email>, </member>
<member> Miguel de Icaza
- <email>miguel@nuclecu.unam.mx</email></member>
+ <email>miguel(at)nuclecu.unam.mx</email>, </member>
<member>Christian 'Dr. Disk' Hechelmann
- <email>drdisk@ds9.au.s.shuttle.de</email></member>
+ <email>drdisk(at)ds9.au.s.shuttle.de</email>, </member>
<member>Michael K. Johnson
- <email>johnsonm@redhat.com</email></member>
+ <email>johnsonm(at)redhat.com</email>, </member>
<member>Pierre Habraken
- <email>Pierre.Habraken@ujf-grenoble.fr</email></member>
+ <email>Pierre.Habraken(at)ujf-grenoble.fr</email>, </member>
<member>Jakub Jelinek
- <email>jj@ultra.linux.cz</email></member>
+ <email>jj(at)ultra.linux.cz</email>, </member>
<member>Carlo Arenas Belon
- <email>carenas@chasqui.lared.net.pe</email></member>
+ <email>carenas(at)chasqui.lared.net.pe</email>.</member>
</simplelist>
</para>
- <para><application>geninird</application> is writen by Jacek
- Konieczny <email>jajcus@pld.org.pl</email> and contributors (in
- alphabetic order): <simplelist>
- <member>Artur Frysiak <email>wiget@pld.org.pl</email></member>
- <member>Dariusz Karolczak
- <email>inglod@pld.org.pl</email></member>
- <member>Tomasz Kłoczko
- <email>kloczek@pld.org.pl</email></member>
- <member>Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz
- <email>misiek@pld.org.pl</email></member>
- <member>Michał Moskal
- <email>malekith@pld.org.pl</email></member>
- <member>Jan Rękorajski
- <email>baggins@pld.org.pl</email></member>
- <member>Sebastian Zagrodzki
- <email>zagrodzki@pld.org.pl</email></member>
- <member>Michał Zawalich
- <email>michuz@pld.org.pl</email></member>
+ <para><application>geninitrd</application> is written by Jacek
+ Konieczny <email>jajcus(at)pld-linux.org</email> and contributors (in
+ random order): <simplelist>
+ <member>Witold Filipczyk <email>witekfl(at)poczta.onet.pl</email>, </member>
+ <member>Artur Frysiak <email>wiget(at)pld-linux.org</email>, </member>
+ <member>Dariusz Karolczak <email>inglod(at)pld-linux.org</email>, </member>
+ <member>Tomasz Kloczko <email>kloczek(at)pld.org.pl</email>, </member>
+ <member>Cezary Krzyżanowski<email>czarny(at)pld-linux.org</email>, </member>
+ <member>Elan Ruusamäe<email>glen(at)pld-linux.org</email>, </member>
+ <member>Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <email>arekm(at)pld-linux.org</email>, </member>
+ <member>Michal Moskal <email>malekith(at)pld-linux.org</email>, </member>
+ <member>Jan Rekorajski <email>baggins(at)pld-linux.org</email>, </member>
+ <member>Sebastian Zagrodzki <email>zagrodzki(at)pld-linux.org</email>, </member>
+ <member>Michal Zawalich <email>michuz(at)pld-linux.org</email>.</member>
</simplelist>
</para>
<para> Manual page for <application>geninitrd</application> is
- based on mkinitrd.8 by Erik Troan <email>ewt@redhat.com</email>
- and writen by Jacek Konieczny
- <email>jajcus@pld.org.pl</email>and contributors.</para>
+ based on mkinitrd.8 by Erik Troan <email>ewt(at)redhat.com</email>
+ and written by Jacek Konieczny
+ <email>jajcus(at)pld-linux.org</email> and contributors.</para>
</refsect1>
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