mkinitcpio

Generates initial ramdisk environments for booting the Linux kernel based on the specified preset(s).

• 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}

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