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Old 07-01-2011, 11:59 AM   #1
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initrd image created with cpio doesnt boot the livecd (linux-live script)


Hello, Im trying to build an initrd image for my livecd using cpio -o -H newc, but the livecd can't boot. If I create the initrd image using mkfs.ext2 then it works.

Does anybody know what exactly could be the issue? why the cpio created image doesn't work?

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Old 07-03-2011, 12:31 PM   #2
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Wasn’t the initrd in mkfs.ext2 format used in former times and then replaced by a cpio archive. Are you using an older kernel?

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Old 07-06-2011, 03:53 PM   #3
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No, Im using kernel 2.6.37.6.
 
  


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