On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 03:55:30PM +0800, Glen Huang wrote: > On Feb 18, 2022, at 4:48 AM, Geert Stappers wrote: > >> On Feb 16, 2022, at 5:50 PM, Geert Stappers wrote: > >>> > >>> The initrd of d-i can indeed be extended / appended. > >>> And in the "appendix" goes the desired extras. Then > >>> > >>> d-i preseed/early_commands /myextras/early_script > >> > >> If I’m not wrong, this requires repackaging the installer media? > > > > Nope, append is append, not repackaging. > > The ideas sounds very interesting, but due to my limited knowledge > with regard to initrd, I have no idea what it means to “append” > to it. Googling “debian initrd append” or "initrd append” or > "initrd appendix” revealed nothing useful AFAICS. I wonder if you > could point me to some documents/manuals where I’d have a better > chance understanding it?
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/NetbootFirmware#The_Solution:_Add_Firmware_to_Initramfs > My current mental model is like this: initrd bundles a temporary fs to > facilitate the startup process. You can change the files it contains > using a tool like cpio. So shouldn't appending files to it mean changing > the initrd file? If initrd file needs to be changed, shouldn’t the > installer media also be changed to incorporate the changed initrd file? > > Regards, > Glen Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse
