---
name: "dracut-catimages"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "dracut"
version: "111-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dracut-catimages"
---

# dracut-catimages(8)

creates initial ramdisk image by concatenating images

## NAME

dracut-catimages - creates initial ramdisk image by concatenating images

## SYNOPSIS

**dracut-catimages** \[*OPTION*...\] *\<initramfs base image\>* \[*\<image\>*...\]

## DESCRIPTION

dracut-catimages creates an initial ramdisk image by concatenating several images from the command line and /var/lib/dracut/images/\*.img

## OPTIONS

- **-f, --force**

  overwrite existing initramfs file.

- **-i, --imagedir**

  Directory with additional images to add (default: /var/lib/dracut/images/)

- **-o, --overlaydir**

  Overlay directory, which contains additional files that will be used to create an additional image

- **--nooverlay**

  Do not use the overlay directory

- **--noimagedir**

  Do not use the additional image directory

- **-h, --help**

  display help text and exit.

- **--debug**

  output debug information of the build process

- **-v, --verbose**

  verbose output during the build process

## FILES

*/var/lib/dracut/images/\*.img*

images to work with

## AUTHORS

Harald Hoyer

## AVAILABILITY

The dracut-catimages command is part of the dracut package and is available from \<https://github.com/dracut-ng/dracut-ng\> *""* \<"https://github.com/dracut-ng/dracut-ng"\>

## SEE ALSO

man:dracut\[8\]