[Solved] How to edit a genkernel-generated initramfs

[Gooberpatrol66]

I am troubleshooting a boot failure, and I want to look at what the initramfs is doing. How can I open it up and edit it? Or how can I edit the source files it's generated from?

[NeddySeagoon]

Gooberpatrol66,

Its an initramfs. That's a compressed cpio archive of other cpio archives.

Run the initramfs file through cpio. Rinse and repeat on the component parts if you need to.
You will only need to edit the init script to add some debug text.

As all the Haynes Manuals say, reassembly is the reverse of the disassembly steps.
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NeddySeagoon

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those that do backups
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[Gooberpatrol66]

Thanks