Can't re-create initrd

[Roger Heflin]

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http://www.thewireframecommunity.com/node/14

note step 3.4: -H newc is important.
find . | cpio -o -H newc | gzip > ../initrd.img

On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 3:29 PM, CLOSE Dave
<Dave.Close at us.thalesgroup.com> wrote:
> Heinz Diehl wrote:
>
>> You could use dracut to recreate your initramfs?
>> Works flawlessly (here as a test, with an old kernel):
>
> While I am not familiar with dracut, I've looked at it a bit. I don't
> see a way to use it to modify an existing initrd, only to create a new
> one based on the running system. That's not my objective. I just want to
> make a small modification to the Fedora-supplied PXE initrd. Please
> recall that this initrd is not installed anywhere, nor is its associated
> kernel. Both are used only by anaconda during PXE boot.
>
> Using lsinitrd on the original initrd, which works, and on my recreated
> one, which doesn't work, generates identical output except for the time
> stamps on the files. Are those significant?
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