unmkinitramfs - extract content from an initramfs image
unmkinitramfs [
-v]
initramfs-file directory
unmkinitramfs -h
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.
- -h
- Display usage information and exit.
- -v
- Display verbose messages about extraction.
Extract initramfs content of current running kernel:
unmkinitramfs /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r) initramfs/
unmkinitramfs cannot deal with multiple-segmented initramfs images,
except where an early (uncompressed) initramfs with system firmware is
prepended to the regular compressed initramfs.
The initramfs-tools are written by Maximilian Attems <
[email protected]> and
numerous others.
initramfs-tools(7),
lsinitramfs(8),
mkinitramfs(8),
update-initramfs(8).