[CentOS] mount initrd

[Will McDonald]

On 25/01/07, Denis Machard <dmachard at fr.netcentrex.net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I try to mount the file /boot/initrd-2.6.9-42.ELsmp  but I have a error
>
>
> [root at localhost ~]# cp /boot/initrd-2.6.9-42.ELsmp.img /root/
> [root at localhost ~]# mv initrd-2.6.9-42.ELsmp.img initrd-2.6.9-42.ELsmp.gz
> [root at localhost ~]# gunzip initrd-2.6.9-42.ELsmp.gz
>
> [root at localhost ~]# mount initrd-2.6.9-42.ELsmp  /tmp -o loop
> [root at localhost ~]# mount: you must specify the filesystem type
> why ?

http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Fedora/2005-01/3885.html

As of FC3 initrds are cpio archives.

Will.