module_upgrade(8) mkinitrd module_upgrade(8)NAMEmodule_upgradeSYNOPSIS
This executable is part of the package 'mkinitrd': Creates an Initial
RAM Disk Image for Preloading Modules
Documentation for SUSE Linux Enterprise is available online at:
<http://www.suse.com/documentation/sles11/> and also installed on the
system at /usr/share/doc/manual/
Additional documentation for a specific package may be available at
/usr/share/doc/packages/mkinitrd/ ""
DESCRIPTION
Mkinitrd creates file system images for use as initial RAM disk
(initrd) images. These RAM disk images are often used to preload the
block device modules (SCSI or RAID) needed to access the root file
system.
In other words, generic kernels can be built without drivers for any
SCSI adapters that load the SCSI driver as a module. Because the
kernel needs to read those modules, but in this case is not able to
address the SCSI adapter, an initial RAM disk is used. The initial RAM
disk is loaded by the operating system loader (normally LILO) and is
available to the kernel as soon as the RAM disk is loaded. The RAM
disk loads the proper SCSI adapter and allows the kernel to mount the
root file system.
AUTHORS
Steffen Winterfeldt <wfeldt@suse.de>
Susanne Oberhauser <froh@suse.de>
Bernhard Kaindl <bk@suse.de>
Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de>
Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
LICENSE
GPL v2 or later
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 2011-11-23 module_upgrade(8)
