deloptes composed on 2018-01-10 19:48 (UTC+0100): > 7.1 if you need to examine initrd
> cd /tmp/ > mkdir test > cd test/ > zcat /boot/initrd.img-<version> | cpio -id > do whatever you need to do > find . ! -name *~ | cpio -H newc --create | gzip -9 >> /boot/initrd.img-<version> If you're only interested in initrd examination, and based upon a simplistic perusal of its changelog, lsinitramfs has been included in initramfs-tools probably at least 7 years. openSUSE copied it from Mandriva going on 10 years ago. https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=439103#c7 -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/