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4 dlmmkinitrd utility for supporting a boot disk, 1 format, 2 parameters – HP Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software User Manual

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7. Utility Reference

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7.4 dlmmkinitrd Utility for Supporting a Boot Disk

This utility creates an initial RAM disk image file for using an HDLM device as a boot

disk.

7.4.1 Format

(1) For Red Hat Enterprise Linux


/opt/DynamicLinkManager/bin/dlmmkinitrd
[-v]
[-f]
[-fstab

fstab-name

]

initrd-image

kernel-version

(2) For SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 or SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11


/opt/DynamicLinkManager/bin/dlmmkinitrd
[-i

initrd-image

]

[-b

boot-directory

]

[-h]

7.4.2 Parameters

(1) For Red Hat Enterprise Linux

-v

Specify this parameter to output a log to the console during execution of the

dlmmkinitrd

utility.

-f

Specify this parameter to create an initial RAM disk image file that has the same

name as an existing file. If you execute the

dlmmkinitrd

utility with this option

specified, the created initial RAM disk image file will be overwritten.

-fstab

fstab-name

Specify the

fstab

file used to determine the root device file system. The default

is

/etc/fstab

.

initrd-image

Specify the full path name or relative path name of the initial RAM disk image

file to be created by using the

dlmmkinitrd

utility.

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