---
name: "mkinitrd.yaird"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "yaird"
version: "0.0.12-18etch1"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mkinitrd.yaird"
---

# mkinitrd.yaird(8)

mkinitrd for initramfs

## NAME

mkinitrd.yaird - mkinitrd for initramfs

## SYNOPSIS

**mkinitrd.yaird** **-o***destination* \[*version*\]

## DESCRIPTION

*Mkinitrd.yaird* is a wrapper around [*yaird*(8)](/yaird/8.md) that accepts the same command line arguments as the Debian program [*mkinitrd*(8)](/mkinitrd/8.md), a tool to create an initial boot image.

To let *yaird* build the initial boot image when a Debian kernel package is installed, rather than the default *mkinitrd*, put the following line in  */etc/kernel-img.conf*:

ramdisk = /usr/sbin/mkinitrd.yaird

Support for the ramdisk variable is built into the kernel package; it is available in Debian kernels packaged since june 2005.

## OPTIONS

- **-o***destination*

  Place result here. The destination must not exist yet. There is no default for this option.

- **-m***command*

  This option is ignored.

- version

  The kernel version for which the initial boot image is to be generated.

## AUTHOR

Erik van Konijnenburg \<ekonijn@xs4all.nl\>

## SEE ALSO

[*yaird*(8)](/yaird/8.md), [*mkinitrd*(8)](/mkinitrd/8.md), [*kernel-img.conf*(5)](/kernel-img.conf/5.md).