NAME
unmkinitramfs - extract content from an initramfs image
SYNOPSIS
unmkinitramfs
[-v] initramfs-file directory
unmkinitramfs -h
DESCRIPTION
The unmkinitramfs command extracts the content of a given initramfs image using cpio. If the image contains multiple segments, each are passed to cpio in order.
OPTIONS
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-h |
Display usage information and exit. |
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-v |
Display verbose messages about extraction. |
USAGE EXAMPLES
Extract initramfs content of current running kernel:
unmkinitramfs /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r) initramfs/
BUGS
unmkinitramfs cannot deal with multiple-segmented initramfs images, except where an early (uncompressed) initramfs with system firmware is prepended to the regular compressed initramfs.
AUTHOR
The initramfs-tools are written by Maximilian Attems <maks [AT] debian.org> and numerous others.
SEE ALSO
initramfs-tools(7), lsinitramfs(8), mkinitramfs(8), update-initramfs(8).