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On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 09:50 -0400, Paul Smith wrote: |
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> In the new version, the initrd doesn't appear to be an ext2 filesystem |
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> anymore... it's some kind of compressed cpio file?!?! Anyway, that's |
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> what "file" tells me. |
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It is an initramfs image. You can work with it just like any other cpio |
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archive. |
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> Is there any way I can work with this new format in a similar manner |
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> (mount it, modify it, etc.)? |
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There's no need to mount it, as it isn't a filesystem image, but a cpio |
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archive. It's about the same as a tarball, except different. :P |
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We switched to initramfs because it allowed us to work around the |
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absolute *hack* that I had included in genkernel for gensplash support |
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and allows us to use something sane. It also keeps us from having to |
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statically install the splash theme into the kernel bzImage itself, |
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saving a ton of space on the CD images created. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead/QA Manager |
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Games - Developer |
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