Questions tagged [mkinitcpio]
A modular initramfs image creation tool.
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Splash file (bmp) with UKI (efi) file with dracut or mkinitcpio
I want to use a splash file converted from a JPG to a BMP (required by dracut and mkinitcpio when making a UKI file). I've been successful with only one such file, but I don't know why.
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How do I uncompress or unarchive the contents of initramfs img file in Arch Linux?
I have been using Arch Linux for a while and studying about the initramfs. I thought of looking into the contents of the file to get a clear idea of it. I googled for various ways to peek through the ...
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Data-loss safety of "cryptsetup luksOpen <root device>" between suspend and resume
I'm setting up suspend-to-disk and resume in an 2021.12.x Arch Linux install. My question is about safely (without data-loss) unlocking partitions when resuming.
Here is my configuration. The ...
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Need help figuring out why this LUKS setup isn't working
Problem: I'm trying to set up an encrypted raid0 device with btrfs. I'm able to get beyond the first password prompt to enter the LUKS device but after that I get an error from fsck saying something ...
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How to debug a loop in systemd-shutdown / initrd ? (Arch Linux)
I've recently installed Arch Linux to a virtual disk, under a custom configuration for root on ZFS. This was in using some scripting I've put together for managing a multiboot configuration, with ...
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Does it matter if the `encrypt` mkinitcpio hook is included on a system without full disk encryption?
Can I share an /etc/mkinitcpio.conf between two Arch Linux systems, where one requires the encrypt hook for LUKS disk encryption, and the other does not? i.e. will it cause a problem booting the ...
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Can no longer boot to RAID array after update
I recently updated my system and after a reboot I get the following:
ERROR: device ‘UUID=...’ not found. Skipping fsck.
mount: /new_root: can’t find UUID=...
You are now being dropped into an ...
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Arch boot: Echo asterisks when typing cryptsetup password
I am trying to setup my initramfs with mkinitcpio -P so it decrypts my LUKS/LVM partition containing the root file system on startup.
I followed the steps on here . Everything already works fine, by ...
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A Small GUI Linux System with UEFI completely running on RAMDisk
I am developing a POS System and I am planning to use Linux.
My requirements are as follows
UEFI Support. (Running on x86 and x86_64)
No Storage Drive so completely running on RAM and persistence ...
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Add encrypt hook to mkinitcpio to arch linux
i want to enable encrypt hook.
Regulary, you go with nano /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and add the encrypt hook as archwiki says.
I want to automate that step with bash commands.
mkinitcpio -A encrypt add ...
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No mkinitcpio preset present
My laptop lost battery during an update, so the linux kernel got truncated. After arch-chrooting into it and reinstalling linux, it's OK, but /boot/initramfs-linux.img (and the fallback) are empty. ...
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mkinitcpio : command not found
I am a beginner in Linux when i install arch Linux dual boot , download base system then i go to chroot then make a ram using a command: mkinitcpio -p Linux. when i write it, gives me command not ...
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Which format is the correct format to use for mkinitcpio.conf?
I am confused about which is the proper formatting to use within mkinitcpio.conf ... I have noticed sometimes double quotes are used and other times parentheses to close off the users desired hooks, ...
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Arch Linux stuck at "Loading version 240" after modifying configs
I'm trying to get GPU passthrough to work on a VM. I've been following this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FI31QDtyy4. The differences between what I did and what he did in the video was ...
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initramfs - ERROR: device '/dev/mapper/vg0-root' not found, Skipping fsck
Upon booting my Dell XPS 15 9560 running Arch, I am being dropped into an emergency shell because my devices aren't being found
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A password is required to access the luks volume:
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Can I trust initramfs and vmlinuz images?
I am running an Arch Linux installation on my laptop with the following partition scheme:
/dev/sda1 is my /boot partition, which is also my ESP
/dev/sda2 is my LUKS encrypted root partition
I use ...
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Is the order of NVIDIA kernel modules in mkinitcpio important?
I'm troubleshooting a solution for Nvidia screen tearing cited on the Archlinux wiki which instructs to enable DRM kernel mode setting:
nvidia 364.16 adds support for DRM kernel mode setting. To ...
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'/lib/modules/4.9.8-1-ARCH' is not a valid kernel module directory
I am attempting to repair and upgrade an Arch Linux system. I boot off of a Live USB which is a newer version than the original install. Then I mount the sda and chroot to its mount point. When I run ...
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How to create ZImage?
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I have an .img file(cpio, for initramfs). Actually, it is result of mkinitcpio. U-boot is used as a boot loader. But U-boot needs either UImage or ZImage. I need to glue U-boot with created cpio ...
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Creating 32-bit initramfs on a 64-bit machine
I am on a 64-bit kernel and want to run a 32-bit kernel in QEMU. Once I had the compressed kernel image I tried creating the initramfs image using mkinitcpio but this only created an image with 64-bit ...
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How to manually boot Arch Linux from preboot emergency shell?
I broke an Arch Linux installation. Let's say I made a typo in the PARTUUID string. The result is that the boot process can't mount the root file system and stops at the mkinitcpio preboot stage with ...
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How to boot into root btrfs file system with minimal initramfs without udev hook?
Arch Linux is UEFI booted from USB flash drive with GPT and three partitions:
EFI (vfat file system)
root (btrfs file system, was converted from ext4)
home (btrfs file system, was converted from ext4)...
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LUKS password not being requested by dmcrypt / encrypt hook at boot
At boot I see:
:: running hook [encrypt]
A password is required to access the volume:
Command requires device and mapped name as arguments
Command requires device and mapped name as arguments
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Sources of mkinitcpio MODULES=, BINARIES= and HOOKS= entries
How do I find out what will be added the cpio initrd image generated by mkinitcpio given an entry in either:
MODULES=
BINARIES=
HOOKS=
For example, what files are included when adding BINARIES="...
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How to create ASCII cpio archive (SVR4 with no CRC)?
I have a file in /boot/initramfs.gz
extract it using tar -xzvf initramfs.gz -C ./ I got a file initramfs.
└──╼ $ file initramfs
initramfs: ASCII cpio archive (SVR4 with no CRC)
It can be open using ...
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Arch mkinitcpio grub boot fails on edit
I'm experiencing this strange behavior. I am using ArchLinux, generated boot things with mkinitcpio, and using Grub2 (not legacy).
When booting, and pressing "e" to edit the entry (to see boot ...
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Archlinux ARM Rasperry Pi decryption fail
I have created an encrypted Archlinux partition on my SD card, but currently I am unable to decrypt it. I am using the key "Xö&(4n=%YF3Ü!BN" which includes german letters. So for this I have ...
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Archlinux ARM Rasperry Pi login buffer display and decryption fail
I have put the Archlinux Arm on my SD card and the first time I have done this it was all correct and worked well but I had to "reinstall" everything for several reason. So now I am doing the same ...
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Encrypt hook in mkinitcpio.conf for full system encryption USB drive Arch install
I have installed Arch Linux on a USB drive with full system encryption using LUKS. The Arch wiki as usual walked me through almost everything. The only issue I ran into was using setting up the hooks ...
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Why are there internet utilities in my initial ramdisk?
I have a fairly standard initial ramdisk created using mkinitcpio. I'm on Arch GNU/Linux.
A while ago I got dropped to a rescue shell and poked around in the /bin of the ramdisk to see what was ...
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mkinitcpio did not include modules.devname in cpio image
I'm running Arch Linux with a customized kernel. I modified the PKGBUILD from abs, and renamed the package to linux-custom.
The PKGBUILD is fine, after installation I could see the modules.devname in ...
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