[CentOS] question on initrd.img file from images/pxeboot

Wed Jul 11 15:02:49 UTC 2012
Michael Coffman <michael.coffman at avagotech.com>

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 6:48 AM, Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com> wrote:

> What format is the images/pxeboot/initrd.img file on the DVD ?
>
> Its not gzip
> its not straight cpio
>
> What is it?
> I wish to change it.
>
> I'm finding information on changing the gzip version of initrd
> but not the PXE one.
>
> If I do "file initrd.img" it just says data.
>
>
I ran into this also.   It's compressed using xz.    You will probably need
to be on an rhel6/centos6 system to manage the image.


> Thanks,
>
> Jerry
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