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authormaximilian attems <maks@debian.org>2006-01-11 03:37:57 +0100
committermaximilian attems <maks@debian.org>2006-01-11 03:37:57 +0100
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add first DEBUG section to initramfs-tools.8
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.fi
.RE
+.SH DEBUG
+It is easy to check the generated initramfs for its content. One may need
+to double-check if it contains the relevant binaries, libs or modules:
+.RS
+.nf
+mkdir tmp/initramfs
+cd tmp/initramfs
+gunzip -c -9 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-1-686 | \\
+cpio -i -d -H newc --no-absolute-filenames
+.fi
+.RE
+
+
.SH AUTHOR
The initramfs-tools are written by Jeff Bailey <jbailey@ubuntu.com>.
.PP