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mkinitcpio

Generates initial ramdisk environments for booting the Linux kernel based on the specified preset(s). More information: https://man.archlinux.org/man/mkinitcpio.8.

• Perform a dry run (print what would be done without actually doing it):
   
  mkinitcpio
   
• Generate a ramdisk environment based on the linux preset:
   
  mkinitcpio --preset {{linux}}
   
• Generate a ramdisk environment based on the linux-lts preset:
   
  mkinitcpio --preset {{linux-lts}}
   
• Generate ramdisk environments based on all existing presets (used to regenerate all the initramfs images after a change in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf):
   
  mkinitcpio --allpresets
   
• Generate an initramfs image using an alternative configuration file:
   
  mkinitcpio --config {{path/to/mkinitcpio.conf}} --generate {{path/to/initramfs.img}}
   
• Generate an initramfs image for a kernel other than the one currently running (the installed kernel releases can be found in /usr/lib/modules/):
   
  mkinitcpio --kernel {{kernel_version}} --generate {{path/to/initramfs.img}}
   
• List all available hooks:
   
  mkinitcpio --listhooks
   
• Display help for a specific hook:
   
  mkinitcpio --hookhelp {{hook_name}}