On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 10:46:21 -0500, C. Linus Hicks <lhicks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 09:10 -0500, Fred Skrotzki wrote: > > Exactly how do I unpack a initrd file? > > 1. cd /boot > 2. cp initrd-<revnum>smp.img /tmp/ > 3. cd /tmp > 4. mv initrd-<revnum>smp.img initrd-<revnum>smp.gz > 5. gunzip initrd-<revnum>smp.gz > 6. mkdir initrdsmp > 7. cd initrdsmp > 8. cpio -idmv < ../initrd-<revnum>smp Or more simply, mkdir /tmp/initrd cd /tmp/initrd gunzip -c < /boot/initrd-xxxx-smp.img | cpio -idmv -- Deron Meranda