hi! i'd like to know if there are any debian users on the list, who have tried to integrate patching the kernel to kerneli or initrd generation with debian usual mechanisms. currently my hackish solution integrates quite well with mkinitrd and make-kpkg. i'm also using mcrypt to build an additional layer (so passwords of loop devices can be changed indirectly). before i start to prepare debian packages, i'd like to see how other debian users have done it. another question: are there some pitfalls if i copy /vmlinuz to /vmlinuz.pure, read the content /vmlinuz of via the filesystem calls and write the content back via raw disc access to /vmlinuz.pure? the reason for doing that is clear: i need a plaintext kernel image to boot. this solution would be more convenient than adding a new 20mb partition for /boot. (of course grub won't boot, but the simple lilo - working with block lists - would) clemens
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