Re: initrd sizes mushroomed several months ago
On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 01:45:33AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> David Wright composed on 2023-02-01 22:39 (UTC-0600):
> > $ cpio -t < /boot/initrd.img-6.0.0-6-amd64
>
> Is that a typo? I copied & pasted that and the screen loaded binary gibberish.
GNU cpio(1) says that -t implies -i, so it should work on Debian.
unicorn:~$ cpio -t < /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-21-amd64
kernel
kernel/x86
kernel/x86/microcode
kernel/x86/microcode/.enuineIntel.align.0123456789abc
kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.bin
9794 blocks
Not sure how *useful* it is, since it only lists the TOC from the first
cpio archive in the initrd image, and there may be multiple. But it
should give a human-readable table of contents. If it doesn't, then
either you're not using GNU cpio (try cpio -it for portability), or
your archive may be corrupt.
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