On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Dimitrios Apostolou <jimis@xxxxxxx> wrote: > --- /sbin/mkinitcpio.orig 2010-10-06 03:23:00.966415649 +0300 > +++ /sbin/mkinitcpio 2011-02-26 19:11:36.309682053 +0200 > @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ > status=0 > if [ -n "${GENIMG}" ]; then > echo -n ":: Generating image '${GENIMG}'..." > - if ! /sbin/gen_init_cpio ${FILELIST} | ${COMPRESSION} -9 > "${GENIMG}"; > then > + if ! /sbin/gen_init_cpio ${FILELIST} | ${COMPRESSION} > "${GENIMG}"; > then > echo "FAILED" > status=1 > else i think making it something like ${COMPRESSIONLEVEL:--9} is more appropriate.