Posts Tagged ‘mkinitrd’

Few problems that you may encounter when booting Linux

Table of contents Introduction Understanding the kernel installation Kernel binary Kernel version number Kernel modules Linux boot process explained Initial ram-disk Mounting root file-system init and services init levels Services Booting Linux with broken init scripts Conclusion IntroductionBACK TO TOC I thought I’d write a few things that I do with kernel when administrating my […]

New article – Opening and modifying the initrd

As the name implies, this article explains how to crack up, modify and save modern initrd file, without using fancy tools such as mkinitrd and friends. You can find it here.