diff --git a/man/dracut.8.asc b/man/dracut.8.asc index 839811f30e..59de9dd422 100644 --- a/man/dracut.8.asc +++ b/man/dracut.8.asc @@ -18,8 +18,13 @@ DESCRIPTION Create an initramfs for the kernel with the version . If is omitted, then the version of the actual running -kernel is used. If is omitted or empty, then the default location -/boot/initramfs-.img is used. +kernel is used. If is omitted or empty, depending on bootloader +specification, the default location can be +_/efi///initrd_, +_/boot///initrd_, +_/boot/efi///initrd_, +_/lib/modules//initrd_ or +_/boot/initramfs-.img_. dracut creates an initial image used by the kernel for preloading the block device modules (such as IDE, SCSI or RAID) which are needed to access the root diff --git a/man/dracut.usage.asc b/man/dracut.usage.asc index e02da6b08e..2574228ece 100644 --- a/man/dracut.usage.asc +++ b/man/dracut.usage.asc @@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ To create a initramfs image, the most simple command is: This will generate a general purpose initramfs image, with all possible functionality resulting of the combination of the installed dracut modules and -system tools. The image is /boot/initramfs-_++++_.img and -contains the kernel modules of the currently active kernel with version -_++++_. +system tools. The image, depending on bootloader specification, can be +_/efi/_++++_/_++++_/initrd_, +_/boot/_++++_/_++++_/initrd_, +_/boot/efi/_++++_/_++++_/initrd_, +_/lib/modules/_++++_/initrd_ or +_/boot/initramfs-_++++_.img_ and contains the kernel modules of +the currently active kernel with version _++++_. If the initramfs image already exists, dracut will display an error message, and to overwrite the existing image, you have to use the --force option. diff --git a/man/lsinitrd.1.asc b/man/lsinitrd.1.asc index 7dbf0f4458..b89c5fc528 100644 --- a/man/lsinitrd.1.asc +++ b/man/lsinitrd.1.asc @@ -13,12 +13,15 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- *lsinitrd* ['OPTION...'] [ [ [ [...] ]]] -*lsinitrd* ['OPTION...'] -k +*lsinitrd* ['OPTION...'] -k DESCRIPTION ----------- lsinitrd shows the contents of an initramfs image. if is omitted, then -lsinitrd uses the default image _/boot///initrd_ or +lsinitrd uses the default image _/efi///initrd_, +_/boot///initrd_, +_/boot/efi///initrd_, +_/lib/modules//initrd_ or _/boot/initramfs-.img_. OPTIONS