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MKDUMPRD(8)			 User Manuals			   MKDUMPRD(8)

NAME
       mkdumprd - (Re)build the initramfs for kdump

SYNOPSIS
       mkdumprd [-h] [-q] [-f] [-k kernelver] [-i opts]

DESCRIPTION
       mkdumprd (re-)builds the kdump initrd. For kdump, a special initrd is
       used because

       ·   the kdump initrd should include network modules and network
	   configuration (and therefore is larger as the normal initrd used
	   for booting),

       ·   the kdump initrd should use no splash screen,

       ·   the kdump initrd includes kdumptool(8) and all required libraries.

       This script calls mkinitrd(8) with all required parameters. If the
       initrd already exists, it checks first if the configuration file or the
       kernel are newer, and only rebuilds the initrd if necessary.

OPTIONS
       All option parsing is done via the getopt(3) function, and therefore
       follows all standard command line parsing rules.

       -h | --help
	   Shows help output and exits.

       -k kernelversion
	   Specifies the kernel version. If no version is specified and also
	   no kernel or initrd are specified, then mkdumprd uses kdumptool(8)
	   to find out the correct kernel and initrd.

       -K kernel
	   Specifies the kernel binary. If you specify that option, also
	   specify -I.

       -I initrd
	   Specifies the resulting initrd. If you specify that option, also
	   specify -K.

       -q
	   Be quiet. Don't output status messages. Used to call mkdumprd(8)
	   from /etc/init.d/kdump init script.

       -i parameters
	   Append the specified parameters to mkinitrd(8) call.

FILES
       /etc/sysconfig/kdump
	   Kdump configuration. See kdump(5).

BUGS
       Please report bugs and enhancement requests at
       https://bugzilla.novell.com.

COPYING
       Copyright (c) 2008 Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de>. Free use of this
       software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License
       (GPL), version 2 or later.

SEE ALSO
       kdumptool(8), mkinitrd(8), http://en.opensuse.org/Kdump

kdump 0.8.4			  06/14/2013			   MKDUMPRD(8)

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