Debian: Repackaging modified initrd files

From	Mark Hobley <markhobley@yahoo.donottypethisbit.co>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Debian: Repackaging modified initrd files
Date	2011-05-08 19:54 +0000
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On Sun, 08 May 2011 19:23:33 +0000, Mark Hobley wrote:

> It looks like this font change is coming from some sort of initial
> software ramdisk.

In an empty directory, I entered the following command:

zcat /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-2-486 | cpio -i 

I found a fine /etc/modprobe.d/radeon-kms.conf

This contains a suspicious entry:

options radeon modeset=1

I don't know if there is any documentation for this, but I would like to try
changing its value to zero.

How do I create a new initrd image containing my revised fileset? 
Presumably I need to reverse the zcat process above.

I am guessing that I need:

cpio -o|gzip /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-2-486
lilo

Does that sound right?

Mark.

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Mark Hobley
Linux User: #370818  http://markhobley.yi.org/

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  Re: Debian: Using the native video card fonts on IBM compatible PC Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2011-05-08 09:38 -0500
    Re: Debian: Using the native video card fonts on IBM compatible PC Mark Hobley <markhobley@yahoo.donottypethisbit.co> - 2011-05-08 19:23 +0000
      Debian: Repackaging modified initrd files Mark Hobley <markhobley@yahoo.donottypethisbit.co> - 2011-05-08 19:52 +0000
        Re: Debian: Repackaging modified initrd files Mark Hobley <markhobley@yahoo.donottypethisbit.co> - 2011-05-08 20:15 +0000
      Debian: Repackaging modified initrd files Mark Hobley <markhobley@yahoo.donottypethisbit.co> - 2011-05-08 19:54 +0000
        Re: Debian: Repackaging modified initrd files Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2011-05-08 22:20 +0100
    Re: Debian: Using the native video card fonts on IBM compatible PC Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2011-05-10 03:34 +0000
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  Re: Debian: Using the native video card fonts on IBM compatible PC TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> - 2011-05-09 23:51 +0200
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