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diff --git a/mkdumprd.8 b/mkdumprd.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7faae57 --- /dev/null +++ b/mkdumprd.8 @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +.TH MKDUMRD 8 "Fri Feb 9 2007" +.SH NAME +mkdumprd \- creates initial ramdisk images for kdump crash recovery +.SH SYNOPSIS +\fBmkdumprd\fR [OPTION] + +.SH DESCRIPTION +\fBmkdumprd\fR creates an initial ram file system for use in conjunction with +the booting of a kernel within the kdump framework for crash recovery. +\fBmkdumprds\fR purpose is to create an initial ram filesystem capable of copying +the crashed systems vmcore image to a location specified in \fI/etc/kdump.conf + +\fBmkdumprd\fR interrogates the running system to understand what modules need to +be loaded in the initramfs (based on configuration retrieved from +\fI/etc/kdump.conf)\fR + +\fBmkdumprd\fR add a new \fBdracut\fR module 99kdumpbase and use \fBdracut\fR +utility to generate the initramfs. + +\fBmkdumprd\fR was not intended for casual use outside of the service +initialization script for the kdump utility, and should not be run manually. If +you require a custom kdump initramfs image, it is suggested that you use the +kdump service infrastructure to create one, and then manually unpack, modify and +repack the image. + + +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +All options here are passed to dracut directly, please refer \fBdracut\fR docs +for the info. + +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR dracut (8) |