Hi.. On Jan 19, 2008 9:05 PM, Onkar <onkar.n.m@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > I want to see the contents of the initrd image. In that > direction It would be nice to know how grub uncompresses the intitrd image > ?? Please give me some pointers as to how do I see how grub uncompresses the > initrd .. In fact what is initrd image and is it compresses using cpio > utility ?? AFAIK, it's the kernel job to uncompress the initrd image, not the boot loader (e.g GRUB). Hint again: file -k -z will show you what initrd really is.... regards, Mulyadi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ