whoops
>mkdir /tmp/myinitrd > cp /boot/initrd-xxxx.img /tmp/myinitrd/theinitrd.img.gz > gunzip /tmp/myinitrd/theinitrd.img.gz
cd /tmp/myinitrd
> cpio -i --make-directories < /tmp/myinitrd/theinitrd.img > less /tmp/myinitrd/init If you do want to make changes > rm /tmp/myinitrd/theinitrd.img > cd /tmp/myinitrd/ > find . | cpio -o -c | gzip -9 > /boot/mynewinitrd.imgThen change grub to point to this, rather than overwriting the other one (for now)
don't forget that directory jump