---
name: "live-update-initramfs"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "live-tools"
version: "1:20240525"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/live-update-initramfs"
---

# live-update-initramfs(8)

writes out updated kernel and initrd images to the live media.

## NAME

**live-update-initramfs** - writes out updated kernel and initrd images to the live media.

## DESCRIPTION

**live-update-initramfs** is a wrapper replacing the update-initramfs command provided by the initramfs-tools package.

In live-systems with a persistence layer, **live-update-initramfs** will write out updated kernel and initrd images to the live media. This allows kernel upgrades from within the live-system through apt-get without needing to manually synchronise kernel and initrd to the live-medium. **live-update-initramfs** passes through all command-line arguments to the original update-initramfs command; see *update-initramfs.orig.initramfs-tools*(8) for more information about the options of the original update-initramfs command.

## SEE ALSO

[*live-tools*(7)](/live-tools/7.md)

## HOMEPAGE

More information about live-update-initramfs and the Debian Live project can be found on the homepage at \<*https://wiki.debian.org/DebianLive*\> and in the manual at \<*https://live-team.pages.debian.net/live-manual/*\>.

## BUGS

Bugs can be reported by submitting a bugreport for the live-tools package in the Bug Tracking System at \<*http://bugs.debian.org/*\> or by writing a mail to the Debian Live mailing list at \<*debian-live@lists.debian.org*\>.

## AUTHOR

live-update-initramfs was written by Daniel Baumann \<*mail@daniel-baumann.ch*\>.