initrd weirdness

[Net Llama!]

On Thu, 2 Feb 2006, Brad De Vries wrote:
> On 2/2/06, Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> > I'm trying to create a custom SuSE boot/install CD.  I extracted the
> > initrd that comes with the SusE-10 (x86_64) and made a few minor changes
> > to autoyast.xml (an xml file), however when I put the initrd back together
> > again with cpio and gzip it, the size of it is almost 3 times larger than
> > the original, and I can't figure out why.  My changes were just some plain
> > text tweaks, certainly nothing that would increase the size more than a
> > few bytes, much less many MB.
> >
> > The command that i'm using to create the initrd is as follows:
> > find . -depth -print | cpio -ov > initrd
> >
> > then I'm just running gzip on it.  And before someone suggests, i do not
> > have original initrd stuck in the new one.  Anyone have any ideas, or see
> > something i could be doing wrong?  thanks.
> >
> Is it possible to gunzip the original and compare it to your cpio
> file?  If it is, then you'll know if it's a gzip difference or a cpio
> difference.

I must be crazy, cause now its working the way it should.  thanks though.

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