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Initrd.gz Editor - simple GUI tool
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sc0ttman


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PostPosted: Sun 22 May 2011, 04:48    Post subject:  
updated code in main post - now works as I want it... considered mroe or less finished.
Thanks for the help everyone Smile (I know it could be improved and I appreciate the suggestions..)

EDIT: just a quick question: I've tried many of the examples on this forum to open the initrd.gz of puppy2/214X, but get cpio errors, many lines such as :

Code:
cpio: Malformed number ÁRûB5
cpio: Malformed number ÁRûB5Ú
cpio: Malformed number RûB5ڐ
cpio: Malformed number ûB5ڐ¬
cpio: Malformed number B5ڐ¬¬
cpio: warning: skipped 165418 bytes of junk
cpio: warning: archive header has reverse byte-order
sh: line 1:  9935 Broken pipe             zcat "$FILE"


So what do I need to open the initrd.gz of 214X or puppy 2/3, whatever? What's the difference?
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PostPosted: Sun 22 May 2011, 17:53    Post subject:  
To answer myself, I think the answer is here: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=293254#293254

Different archive formats after puppy 2... How can we detect the archive type, before trying to extract it?
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PostPosted: Mon 23 May 2011, 10:19    Post subject:  
sc0ttman wrote:
How can we detect the archive type, before trying to extract it?

Code:
file -z $File

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PostPosted: Tue 24 May 2011, 07:12    Post subject:  
Dougal wrote:
sc0ttman wrote:
How can we detect the archive type, before trying to extract it?

Code:
file -z $File

you da man! so glad you hover around on these forums!
a constant time saver! Cool
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PostPosted: Wed 25 May 2011, 02:46    Post subject:  
I will update this tool today, so that it checks the archive type and runs the correct unpacking/packing commands...
Then done!
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PostPosted: Thu 26 May 2011, 19:15    Post subject:  
updated main post...

initrd-editor can now edit initrd.gz files from puppy 1 and later Smile

thanks for the help peeps
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PostPosted: Fri 27 May 2011, 12:58    Post subject:  
updated (last time)

better CLI options:

- give path to initrd.gz in CLI to skip the GUI completely
- give the save directory where your new initrd.gz will end up

(ready to be integrated into woofy Smile )
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