.. _ramdisk-uboot:

Converting ramdisk *.img* file for U-Boot
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Usually you get an *.img* file from official debian repositories. U-Boot can't handle this to use it as a ramdisk file.
To convert an *.img* file to an *uInitrd* for uboot, just run the following command inside a unix terminal:

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   :prompts: $

   mkimage -A arm -T ramdisk -C none -n uInitrd -d /path/to/initrd.img /path/to/uInitrd