---
name: "update-initramfs.conf"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "initramfs-tools"
version: "0.148.4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/update-initramfs.conf"
---

# update-initramfs.conf(5)

configuration file for update-initramfs

## NAME

update-initramfs.conf - configuration file for update-initramfs

## DESCRIPTION

The configuration file allows one to disable the update action from **update-initramfs.**

## GENERAL VARIABLES

- **update\_initramfs**

  **Default is** *yes* **for running the latest initramfs-tools hooks in the** **newest Linux image.** **Setting it to** *all* **updates any known initramfs.** **It is possible to set it to** *no* **for remote servers or boxes where** **conservative manners needs to be applied. This disables** **the update\_initramfs -u call.**

- **backup\_initramfs**

  **If set update\_initramfs keeps an .bak file of the previous initramfs. If unset the backup initramfs will not be kept.**

## FILES

- */etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf*

  ## AUTHOR

**The initramfs-tools are written by Maximilian Attems \<maks@debian.org\>,** **Jeff Bailey \<jbailey@raspberryginger.com\> and numerous others.**

## SEE ALSO

[*initramfs.conf*(5)](/initramfs.conf/5.md), [*initramfs-tools*(7)](/initramfs-tools/7.md), [*mkinitramfs*(8)](/mkinitramfs/8.md), [*update-initramfs*(8)](/update-initramfs/8.md).