From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753143AbYLWXBR (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:01:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751747AbYLWXBD (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:01:03 -0500 Received: from utl-lnx3.nwu.ac.za ([143.160.36.166]:52168 "EHLO utl-lnx3.nwu.ac.za" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751682AbYLWXBB convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:01:01 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 1915 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:01:00 EST Message-Id: <49518245.3D93.006F.0@nwu.ac.za> X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 7.0.2 HP Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:28:53 +0200 From: "Martin Schlemmer" To: Subject: Initramfs from existing vmlinuz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi I had a bit of an accident, and wondered if somebody already had to try to extract the initramfs image from an existing vmlinuz? I did try google, but either my search terms was not right, or nobody really touched on the subject before, because all the results mostly dealt with an external image. Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks MS