dracut --force

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dracut --force

Rebuild the initramfs on RHEL-family systems

Regenerates the initramfs images managed by dracut, the initramfs generator used on Fedora, RHEL, and derivatives. The --force flag overwrites existing images even when dracut thinks nothing changed. Run it after changing storage or encryption configuration so early boot matches the new setup. Equivalent in purpose to update-initramfs -u on Debian.
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