.TH MKINITRD.YAIRD 8
.SH NAME
mkinitrd.yaird \- mkinitrd for initramfs
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mkinitrd.yaird
.BI -o destination
.RI [ version ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Mkinitrd.yaird
is a wrapper around
.IR yaird (8)
that accepts the same command line arguments as the Debian program
.IR mkinitrd (8),
a tool to create an initial boot image.
.P
To let
.I yaird
build the initial boot image when a Debian kernel package is installed,
rather than the default
.IR mkinitrd ,
put the following line in 
.IR /etc/kernel-img.conf :

.RS
ramdisk = /usr/sbin/mkinitrd.yaird
.RE

Support for the ramdisk variable is built into the kernel package;
it is available in Debian kernels packaged since june 2005.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI "-o" destination
Place result here.
The destination must not exist yet.
There is no default for this option.
.TP
.BI "-m" command
This option is ignored.
.TP
version
The kernel version for which the initial boot image
is to be generated.
.SH AUTHOR
Erik van Konijnenburg <ekonijn@xs4all.nl>
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR yaird (8),
.IR mkinitrd (8),
.IR kernel-img.conf (5).