Init Ram Disk filesystem – kind of mini OS in order to mount raid and start “the real /root os”.
hostnamectl; # tested on Static hostname: debian9 Icon name: computer-vm Chassis: vm Machine ID: 532eabca552b4075a8679094397c8dba Boot ID: 15ee0b8e8a1e4d1eb1003c4630644091 Virtualization: microsoft Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) Kernel: Linux 4.12.0cuztom Architecture: x86-64 zcat /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r) |cpio -tiv|less # to unpack the files to /test mkdir /test; cp /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r) /test/initrd.img-$(uname -r).gz; gunzip /test/initrd.img-$(uname -r).gz; # unpack step1 cpio -i /test </test/initrd.img-$(uname -r).gz; # unpack step2
DEBIAN9_initrd.img-4.12.0cuztom.content_file_list.txt
suse12 is compressing the kernel with xz instead of gzip
hostnamectl; # tested on Static hostname: suse12.domain Transient hostname: suse12 Icon name: computer-vm Chassis: vm Machine ID: fe6bf561a4d4f20df6176faf58fdd5b5 Boot ID: 56a3ed39491f42f38c1558befa7be3c7 Virtualization: microsoft Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:suse:sles:12:sp2 Kernel: Linux 4.4.21-69-default Architecture: x86-64 xzcat /boot/initrd-4.4.21-69-default |cpio -tiv|less
SUSE12_initrd-4.4.21-69-default.content_file_list.txt
inspired by: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6377959/how-do-i-mount-a-ubuntu-initrd-img
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