Re: separating initrd from initramfs: part 1

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El Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 06:24:34PM +0530 Mitul Modi ha dit:

>    for initrd
> 
>    "This tree can then be archived into a single file using cpio or turned
>    into a file-system image either by use of a loopback device or a small
>    mountable device. The archive (or image file) can be compressed with gzip
>    to further save space."
> 
>    so initrd can be a cpio archive

thanks for the pointer!

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