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MKDUMRD(8)							    MKDUMRD(8)

NAME
       mkdumprd - creates initial ramdisk images for kdump crash recovery

SYNOPSIS
       mkdumprd [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION
       mkdumprd creates an initial ram file system for use in conjunction with
       the booting of a kernel within the kdump framework for crash  recovery.
       mkdumprds  purpose  is  to  create an initial ram filesystem capable of
       copying the crashed systems vmcore image to  a  location	 specified  in
       /etc/kdump.conf

       mkdumprd	 interrogates  the  running  system to understand what modules
       need to be loaded in the initramfs (based  on  configuration  retrieved
       from /etc/kdump.conf)

       mkdumprd	 add a new dracut module 99kdumpbase and use dracut utility to
       generate the initramfs.

       mkdumprd was not intended for casual use outside of  the	 service  ini‐
       tialization  script  for the kdump utility, and should not be run manu‐
       ally.  If you require a custom kdump initramfs image, it	 is  suggested
       that  you  use the kdump service infrastructure to create one, and then
       manually unpack, modify and repack the image.

OPTIONS
       All options here are passed to dracut  directly,	 please	 refer	dracut
       docs
	      for the info.

SEE ALSO
       dracut(8)

				Fri Feb 9 2007			    MKDUMRD(8)

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