>----- Original Message ----- >From: "Florian Ernst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 11:37 AM >Subject: Re: The lost cramfs patch (was: Debian Investigation Report after Server Compromises) > >Hello Benedict! > >>On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 12:06:35AM +0100, Benedict Verheyen wrote: >>Heh. Then it's kind of logical that i don't find any package ;) > >Well, It's simply that I don't know about a place for downloading it, >but this doesn't necessarily mean there isn't any... ;) > >>It's indeed mentioned that you don't need one for a single machine. >>Anyway, even if you do use an initrd, you can do it without cramfs >>apparently by chagning the mkinitrd.conf file >>There you have to change the MKINITRD but i'm not sure what >>you can put in place of the mkcramfs there. > >I just read you could use romfs instead of cramfs by using genromfs, >but as I actually have never had the need to use initrd at all I >simply cannot be sure. > >Cheers, >Flo
I found a mail on the developers mailing list that shows how to make an initrd without the cramfs patch. One can use the following in the mkinitrd.conf file: MKIMAGE="genromfs -d %s -f %s" This would mean that the "lost" cramfs patch can remain lost since one doesn't really need it :) Benedict -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]