If you run file initrd.img You'll see that it's a gzipped file. So you could do something like this: mv initrd.img initrd.img.gz gunzip initrd.img.gz mount -o loop initrd.img /some/mnt/point (Is there an option for gzip to not worry about gz extensions when uncompressing?) But that should do it. You can then cd to /some/mnt/point and browse the image, make modifications, etc. When you're done, you can unmount, gzip, and rename and you should be set. -- Dan Hanks On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Brent Clements wrote: > Hi I was just wondering..how do I mount the initrd.img file in linux? > > Thanks > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Geoffrey Dolman" <geoffrey.dolman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 11:49 AM > Subject: various > > > > Hi, > > > > Can anyone tell me the answers to the following: > > 1. Which files do I need tp copy from the update img disk to RHupdates - > > just the stuff from imgdiskmount/usr/lib/anaconda/*.py or what? > > 2. Do rpms placed in RHupdates also get installed instead of the initial > > source tree ones and if so would this include the kernel. > > 3a. I am using kickstart over nfs at the moment to single cpu dell > > optiplex and precision workstations. The machines get their numbers and > > the location of the nfs server (which houses the kickstart file) from > > dhcp tied to hardware address. This works very well except for the > > tedium of having to use boot floppies to get an OS on the machine each > > time. > > I have tried to get the machines to boot using the red hat pxe server > > and also bootp (on a bootp server known to be working with solaris > > clients). I have done this by disabling all the boot devices in the > > system bios except network - but this doesn't work. On boot the client > > collects it's ip from dhcp and will even read the first 512bytes from > > tftpboot - but nothing else happens. Has anyone got a pxe server to work > > with Dell hardware and if so can they give me some more information? > > 3b. As an extension to this, I am going to need to be able to kickstart > > some dual cpu machines quite soon - I have not attempted this before and > > I am wondering if there any issues given that ideally you want two > > kernels installed, the smp one and the normal one. > > > > Many thanks! > > > > -- > > Geoff Dolman > > JDRF/WT Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory > > Cambridge Institute for Medical Research > > University of Cambridge > > http://www-gene.cimr.cam.ac.uk/todd/ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Kickstart-list mailing list > > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > -- ======================================================================== Daniel Hanks - Systems/Database Administrator About Inc., Web Services Division ========================================================================
