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.\" This manpage is copyright (C) 2000, 2001 Progeny Linux Systems, Inc.
.\" Author: Branden Robinson <branden@progeny.com>
.\"
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.\" 02111-1307 USA
.TH make-autoinst-initrd 1 "2001-07-09" "Debian GNU/Linux"
.SH NAME
make-autoinst-initrd \- create initial ramdisk for system autoinstaller
.SH SYNOPSIS
make-autoinst-initrd [--arch \fIarch\fP] \fIkernel_package\fP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B make-autoinst-initrd
creates an initalization ramdisk for use by the operating system
autoinstaller. It takes a single, mandatory argument: the kernel
package containing the kernel to be used for the initrd and floppy
boot environment. If an autoinstall disk for another architecture is
needed, then the
.I --arch
argument can be given to specify the architecture.
.PP
The initialization ramdisk consists of a compressed ext2 filesystem, and is
left in the current directory as
.IR initrd.gz .
This file is typically placed (by
.B make-autoinst-disk (1))
on a floppy disk or other medium accessible by the bootloader used by the
autoinstaller.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP
TMPDIR
Temporary directory under which a directory is created to be used for
construction of the ext2 filesystem. If omitted, \fI/tmp\fP is used.
.SH AUTHOR
Jeff Licquia et al. for Progeny Linux Systems.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR make-autoinst-disk (1),
.BR update-autoinst-disk (1)
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