Re: modifying initrd.img

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Daniel Shahin wrote:
> 
> does anyone know how to modify the initrd.img file.  I'd really like to
> pick this apart, and be able to customize the mini-distro, to add other
> tools, if possible.  Does anyone have any experience doing this?  Any
> pointers?
> 
> thanks in advance,
> 
> dshahin
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You can mount it as a loopback filesystem if this is compiled in you
kernel with for example

mount -o loop <path>/initrd.img /temp_mount_point

gunzip it first if its gzipped.

S>

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