On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 21:26 -0500, Rajko M. wrote: > On Wednesday 11 July 2007 19:52, James Tremblay wrote: > > Hey everyone, > > I need to extract an initrd, some secret CPIO command, and modify the > > scripts it runs. The initrd I want is the one used in the "mini" bootcd > > for 10.2 , can anyone help? > > Hi James, > > initrd is gzip archive that has one file that is cpio archive. > > You need empty directory as in initrd is compressed few directories. > mkdir test > cd test > cp /boot/initrd-* ./initrd.cpio.gz > gunzip initrd.cpio.gz > cpio -iI initrd.cpio > rm initrd.cpio > > which will extract file with all subdirectories and remove initrd.cpio > leaving > you with content of initrd in current directory. > > Manual for cpio is best readable in Konqueror. > Type in Location: "info:cpio" and you can read it. > You will need it to package initrd after editing. > Rajko,
I'm in there and the 'init" script has been compiled rather than be just a script, is there some magic there you can share or am I looking for\at the wrong file? -- James Tremblay Director of Technology Newmarket School District Newmarket,NH http://en.opensuse.org/Education "let's make a difference" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
