initramfs.conf - configuration file for mkinitramfs
DESCRIPTION
The behaviour of
mkinitramfs
can be modified by its configuration file.
Each line in the file can be a configuration variable, a blank line,
or a comment. The value of an variable is assigned by an statement
of the form: name=[value]
Configuration options can be broken out into configuration snippets and
placed in individual files in the /etc/mkinitramfs/conf.d directory. Files
in this directory are always read after the main configuration file,
so you can override the settings in the main config file without editing it
directly.
GENERAL VARIABLES
MODULES
Specifies the modules for the initramfs image.
The default setting is
most.
most adds all the framebuffer, acpi, file system, ide, sata, scsi and usb drivers.
dep tries to guess which modules are necessary for the running box.
netboot adds the base modules, network modules, but skips block devices.
list includes only modules from the additional modules list.
BUSYBOX
Include busybox utilities for the boot scripts.
If set to 'n'
mkinitramfs
will build an initramfs whithout busybox.
Beware that many boot scripts need busybox utilities.
NFS VARIABLES
BOOT
Allows to use an nfs drive as the root of the drive.
The default is to boot of an
local media (harddrive, USB stick).
Set to nfs for an NFS root share.
DEVICE
Specifies the network interface, like eth0.
NFSROOT
Defaults to
auto in order to pick up value from DHCP server.
Otherwise you need to specify HOST:MOUNT.
AUTHOR
The initramfs-tools are written by Maximilian Attems <[email protected]>,
Jeff Bailey <[email protected]> and numerous others.
Loosely based on mkinitrd.conf by Herbert Xu.
