disk with the desired initrd content, cd to that directory, and run (as an
example):
-find . | cpio --quiet -c -o | gzip -9 -n > /boot/imagefile.img
+find . | cpio --quiet -H newc -o | gzip -9 -n > /boot/imagefile.img
Examining the contents of an existing image file is just as simple:
http://www.almesberger.net/cv/papers/ols2k-9.ps.gz
[2] newlib package (experimental), with initrd example
http://sources.redhat.com/newlib/
-[3] Brouwer, Andries; "util-linux: Miscellaneous utilities for Linux"
- ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux-local/utils/util-linux/
+[3] util-linux: Miscellaneous utilities for Linux
+ http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/