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-rw-r--r--debian/changelog4
-rw-r--r--initramfs-tools.813
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4f6cca9..aee598d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ initramfs-tools (0.49) unstable; urgency=low
* Pump dephelper to 4.1.0 dependency as pointed out by linda.
- -- maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at> Wed, 4 Jan 2006 16:39:00 +0100
+ * initramfs-tools.8: Add DEBUG section, cheat how to check the initramfs.
+
+ -- maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at> Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:33:24 +0100
initramfs-tools (0.48) unstable; urgency=low
diff --git a/initramfs-tools.8 b/initramfs-tools.8
index a23372e..a08ef1b 100644
--- a/initramfs-tools.8
+++ b/initramfs-tools.8
@@ -385,6 +385,19 @@ exit 0
.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