Re: Uncompressing initrd ??

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



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


[Index of Archives]     [Newbies FAQ]     [Linux Kernel Mentors]     [Linux Kernel Development]     [IETF Annouce]     [Git]     [Networking]     [Security]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux SCSI]     [Linux ACPI]
  Powered by Linux