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/usr/bin/dracut-catimages

Initramfs generator using udev

From dracut-ng 112-r5 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running dracut-catimages --help (exit 1). permalink

Usage: /usr/bin/dracut-catimages [OPTION]... <initramfs> <base image> [<image>...]
Creates initial ramdisk image by concatenating several images from the command
line and /var/lib/dracut/images/

  -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 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            This message
  --debug               Output debug information of the build process
  -v, --verbose         Verbose output during the build process
Options (8)
OptionDescriptionSource
-f, --forceOverwrite existing initramfs file.help
-i, --imagedirDirectory with additional images to add (default: /var/lib/dracut/images/)help
-o, --overlaydirOverlay directory, which contains files that will be used to create an additional imagehelp
--nooverlayDo not use the overlay directoryhelp
--noimagedirDo not use the additional image directoryhelp
-h, --helpThis messagehelp
--debugOutput debug information of the build processhelp
-v, --verboseVerbose output during the build processhelp

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