looking for help to extract debian initrd image

mettler at gmit-gmbh.de mettler at gmit-gmbh.de
Fri Jun 12 09:06:04 CEST 2009


hi,

I am using this command to extract an initrd
gzip -dc ../initramfs-genkernel-fai | cpio -id



and to put it back in:
find ./ | cpio -H newc -o > ../initramfs-genkernel-fai-new


have fun
Stephan


> hello everybody,
>  i have some problem again,
>  I tring to extract debian initrd image ,I create a folder in root dir
> say temp and then run  command:
>
> #gunzip</root/temp/initrd.img -2.6.22-3-486 |cpio --etract --preserve
> --verbose
>
>  mow this command is  working  (something coming on my terminal and
> not showing any error )  but i cant finding the folder where these
> file going after extract , plz help me   .
>
> Again hopeful that i will get best answer as always
>
> thank you
> shankar
>





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