On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 12:48:38 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > On the mdadm list one comment came up which was to make sure > my mdadm.conf file was up to date and then include it in the initramfs > image so that if for some reason the machine doesn't boot I have all > the info required to start the RAIDs by hand. I thought that was a good > comment.
That is a good idea. > One other question came up. So I build the kernel, and the kernel build > creates the initramfs image and embeds it in the kernel. Is there a tool > that would allow me to query the embedded image prior to booting > so that I can check that everything is in there that I think should be > in there? Yes. I had to do this once when I corrupted or deleted my init.sh and needed to retrieve it from the kernel. I don't remember the details, but I do recall it involved one of the scripts in the kernel source directory and the use of Google - although not in that order :) -- Neil Bothwick "I am a Cub Ranger. We dib dib dib for the One. We dob dob dob for the One."
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