<refentrytitle>geninitrd</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class="software">PLD</refmiscinfo>
- <refmiscinfo class="date">$Date: 2003/04/09 11:40:39 $</refmiscinfo>
+ <refmiscinfo class="date">$Date$</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>geninitrd</refname>
<arg>--fstab=fstab</arg>
<arg>--lvmtoolsversion=1|2</arg>
<arg>--modules-conf=modules.conf</arg>
- <arg>--fs=rom|ext2|cram</arg>
- <arg>--with-insmod-static</arg>
+ <arg>--initrdfs=rom|initramfs|ext2|cram</arg>
<arg choice="req">image</arg>
<arg choice="req">kernel-version</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</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>--with-insmod-static</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Use <filename>/sbin/insmod.static</filename> insteed of <command>bsp</command> bulitin insmod.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>--lvmtoolsversion=1|2</term>
<listitem>
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>Linux 2.6.x support</title>
- <para>To bulild initrd for Linux 2.6.x kernels you must have module-init-tools and use --with-insmod-static switch or use initrd version of recent busybox that comes in busybox-initrd package.
- </para>
-</refsect1>
<!-- refsect1>
<title>Hardware RAID support</title>
<para>
<refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>
- <citerefentry>
- <refentrytitle>insmod</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
- </citerefentry>
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>grub</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
<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 KrzyĚźanowski <email>czarny(at)pld-linux.org</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>