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| author | maximilian attems <maks@debian.org> | 2006-02-17 10:05:12 +0100 |
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| committer | maximilian attems <maks@debian.org> | 2006-02-17 10:05:12 +0100 |
| commit | 785fb28847d8a620625a23aeafdc0fe85ef7adf9 (patch) | |
| tree | 3ca1f89b564096ad2ca4aa1cadf21021ccbf5a69 /update-initramfs.8 | |
| parent | b3fcee343807b6dcec5bb6a075ede8b3bc5da060 (diff) | |
highlight the mode of operation of update-initramfs
Diffstat (limited to 'update-initramfs.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | update-initramfs.8 | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/update-initramfs.8 b/update-initramfs.8 index d1e1ed0..dd9efe3 100644 --- a/update-initramfs.8 +++ b/update-initramfs.8 @@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ The .B update-initramfs script manages your initramfs images on your local box. It keeps track of the existing initramfs archives in /boot. -It helps to update, create and remove those. +There are three modes of operation create, update or delete. +You must at least specify one of those modes. The initramfs is an cpio archive. At boot time, the kernel unpacks that archive into ram disk, mounts and @@ -31,19 +32,19 @@ Set the kernel for whom the initramfs will be generated. .TP \fB \-c -Create a new initramfs. +This mode creates a new initramfs. .TP \fB \-u -Update an existing initramfs. +This mode updates an existing initramfs. .TP \fB \-d -Remove an existing initramfs. +This mode removes an existing initramfs. .TP \fB \-t -Take over a custom initramfs with this one. +Allows to take over an custom initramfs with a newer one. .TP \fB \-v |