If you're updating your CentOS 5.X installation regularly at all, xz and xz-libs should be automatically downloaded as a dependency for something, can't quite remember what. Most of our 5.X machines have pulled it when updates are run weekly. --- _ANDREW REIS_ MCTS, Network+ Software/Networking Microsoft Windows Support/Webmaster DBMS Inc. Email: andy@xxxxxxxxxxx [6] Direct Line: (888) 862-0662 ext. 307 Emergency # ONLY: (218) 833-2508 __ On 2012-07-11 11:58, SilverTip257 wrote: > Just grab the xz package. > > I roll initrds (for a custom pxe boot setup) on a CentOS 5.8 host. > I've rerolled the initrd for 6.2 some time ago and you've reminded me > to take care of 6.3 today. > > Name : xz > Arch : x86_64 > Version : 4.999.9 > Release : 0.3.beta.20091007git.el5 > Size : 473 k > Repo : installed > Summary : LZMA compression utilities > URL : http://tukaani.org/xz/ > License : LGPLv2+ > Description: XZ Utils are an attempt to make LZMA compression easy to > use on free (as in > : freedom) operating systems. This is achieved by providing > tools and libraries > : which are similar to use than the equivalents of the most > popular existing > : compression algorithms. > : > : LZMA is a general purpose compression algorithm designed > by Igor Pavlov as > : part of 7-Zip. It provides high compression ratio while keeping the > : decompression speed fast. > > ---~~.~~--- > Mike > // SilverTip257 // > > On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Michael Coffman > <michael.coffman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 6:48 AM, Jerry Geis <geisj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [3]> wrote: >> >>> What format is the images/pxeboot/initrd.img file on the DVD ? Its not gzip its not straight cpio What is it? I wish to change it. I'm finding information on changing the gzip version of initrd but not the PXE one. If I do "file initrd.img" it just says data. >> I ran into this also. It's compressed using xz. You will probably need to be on an rhel6/centos6 system to manage the image. >> >>> Thanks, Jerry _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx [1] http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos [2] >> -- -MichaelC _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx [4] http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos [5] > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Links: ------ [1] mailto:CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx [2] http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos [3] mailto:geisj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [4] mailto:CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx [5] http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos [6] mailto:areis@xxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos