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Re: initrd -- what exactly is it?



On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 05:34:59PM -0600, Shyamal Prasad wrote:
> You can use 'mount -t cramfs -o loop /mnt intrd.img.file.path' to look
> into an initrd image. You will find it quite instructive I'm sure.

The rescue disks appear to use an initrd in 'root.bin' which isn't
cramfs... at least the above doesn't work, nor does -t auto. Any idea
what type this is? My curiosity has been aroused!

Pigeon



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