Re: How to make/ modify a "root.bin" file?
Abdul Latip said:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for information/ URLs about how to create or
> how to modify the "root.bin" file. I tried to search the
> "debian-boot" archive and google without luck.
>
> I am able to loop mount a 2.8 MB "rescue.bin" file.
> Unfortunately, I have no idea about the format of "root.bin"
I seem to remember root.bin being gzip .. running 'file' on the
file confirmed it:
aphro@defiant:/tmp$ file root.bin
root.bin: gzip compressed data, deflated, last modified: Wed May 15 22:15:55
2002, max compression, os: Unix
aphro@defiant:/tmp$ gunzip root.bin
gunzip: root.bin: unknown suffix -- ignored
aphro@defiant:/tmp$ mv root.bin root.bin.gz
aphro@defiant:/tmp$ gunzip root.bin.gz
aphro@defiant:/tmp$ su
Password:
defiant:/tmp# mount root.bin -o loop /mnt/a
defiant:/tmp# ls /mnt/a
bin instmnt release_notes.de release_notes.pt type.txt
dev lib release_notes.en root unifont-reduced.bgf
etc linuxrc release_notes.es sbin usr
floppy mnt release_notes.fr target var
initrd proc release_notes.ja tmp
downloaded root.bin from:
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/Debian3.0r1a/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/root.bin
nate
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