Karolina Lindqvist wrote:
I have a new i586 machine and want to install archlinux i586 on it. So I want
to recreate the archlinux install CD. But how do i do it? I have unpacked
the install ISO, and is replacing all the packages, but when it comes to
inird.img, the instructions in the wiki do not work. I cannot mount the
unzipped inird.img. What should I do? file say that it is a cpio archive, but
how do I unpack and mount it? And then, what is lowcore.img?
Of course I could do it by booting debian, or something, and then replacing it
with archlinux, but actually having an archlinux install CD would be pretty
handy for my i586 machines.
cpio:
As I always forget the command to unpack cpio archives I generally use
mc to look inside them. That's quite a good idea anyway, as some are
badly built so that they unpack to / and make a mess of your file system
if you are not careful. You don't need to (can't) mount it.
I expect the command to unpack a cpio is on the man page. The correct
command to recompress it after you've done your adjustments can be found
floating around on the internet ... I think it's something along the
lines of:
cd image
find . | cpio -o -H newc | gzip > ../initrd.img
