mount -o loop /boot initrd.img /initrd failure

[Luis]

execute:

cd /tmp
mkdir initrd
cd initrd
cat /boot/initrd.img-`uname -r` | gzip -d | cpio -i
ls

your files will be shown.

This is NOT the right way to edit your initrd though.

On 8/18/06, Dave S <ubuntu at pusspaws.net> wrote:
> I am trying to mount my .boot/initrd.img file so I can view & modify it
>
> root at dave-comp:~#
> root at dave-comp:~# ls -al /dev/l
> log   loop/ lp0
> root at dave-comp:~#
> root at dave-comp:~# cd /boot
> root at dave-comp:/boot# ls
> System.map-2.6.15-23-386  abi-2.6.15-25-386     config-2.6.17.7
> initrd.img-2.6.15-26-386  vmlinuz-2.6.15-23-386
> System.map-2.6.15-25-386  abi-2.6.15-26-386     grub
> initrd.img-2.6.17.7       vmlinuz-2.6.15-25-386
> System.map-2.6.15-26-386  config-2.6.15-23-386  initrd
> initrdstraight.img        vmlinuz-2.6.15-26-386
> System.map-2.6.17.7       config-2.6.15-25-386  initrd.img-2.6.15-23-386
> memtest86+.bin            vmlinuz-2.6.17.7
> abi-2.6.15-23-386         config-2.6.15-26-386  initrd.img-2.6.15-25-386  tmp
> root at dave-comp:/boot# mount -o loop /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-26-386 /initrd
> ioctl: LOOP_CLR_FD: Device or resource busy
> mount: you must specify the filesystem type
> root at dave-comp:/boot#
> root at dave-comp:/boot# ls -al /dev/l
> log    loop/  loop0  loop1  loop2  loop3  loop4  loop5  loop6  loop7  lp0
> root at dave-comp:/boot#
>
> I have also tried -t auto, -t ext2 etc all with the same error message, I have
> scoured google and tried gunzipping initrd.img first - same problem. I have
> tried mount -t cramfs -o loop /boot/initrd.img /initrd - same problem.
>
> All attempts seem to use up the allocation of loop devices immediately.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to mount /boot/initrd.img so I can view it ?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Dave
>
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