mkinitcpio Alternatives

mkinitcpio is described as 'Creates an initial ramdisk environment for booting the Linux kernel. The initial ramdisk is in essence a very small environment (early userspace) which loads various kernel modules and sets up necessary things before handing over control to init' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are 2 alternatives to mkinitcpio for Linux. The best mkinitcpio alternative is dracut, which is both free and Open Source.

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  1. dracut

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    dracut (the tool) is used to create an initramfs image by copying tools and files from an installed system and combining it with the dracut framework, usually found in /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     

    • dracut is the most popular Linux alternative to mkinitcpio.

    • dracut is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to mkinitcpio.

    • dracut is Free and Open Sourcemkinitcpio is also Free and Open Source
  2. Booster (initramfs) icon

    Booster (initramfs)

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    Fast and secure initramfs generator.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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