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.TH PROKIT-MKINITRAMFS 8 \
"2019-04-27" "@PACKAGE_NAME@ @PACKAGE_VERSION@" "@MANUAL@"

.SH NAME
prokit-mkinitramfs \- Generate an initramfs containing an installed system

.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBprokit mkinitramfs\fP \fB-l\fP \fIlinux-output\fP
\fB-i\fP \fIinitramfs-output\fP \fIroot\fP

.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBprokit mkinitramfs\fP generates an initial RAM-based file system image
containing an installed system found at \fIroot\fP.
.P
If \fIroot\fP is a block device node, the block device is mounted and the
initial RAM-based file system is generated from the device's file system.

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI \-l \ linux-output
Copy a Linux image from the system at \fIroot\fP to \fIlinux-output\fP.
.TP
.BI \-i \ initramfs-output
Write the initial RAM-based file system image to \fIinitramfs-output\fP.

.SH EXAMPLES

.IP \[bu]
# prokit mkinitramfs -l vmlinuz -i initrd.img $root

.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2016  Patrick McDermott
.P
The ProteanOS Development Kit is free software: you can redistribute
it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
License, or (at your option) any later version.
.P
The ProteanOS Development Kit is distributed in the hope that it
will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
See the GNU General Public License for more details.
.P
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with the ProteanOS Development Kit.  If not, see
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.