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====== Problem faced in creating initramfs for knoppix. ====== ===== Approach - 1 (mount the minirt ) ===== In this approach, minitrt is running out of space. <code> $ gunzip minirt.gz $ mkdir mpoint $ sudo mount minirt mpoint -o loop $ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/loop1 3.4M 2.9M 554K 85% /home/pravin/Etherboot/git/BKO.git/pxeknife/knoppix/5.0.1/mpoint $ sudo cp modules/* mpoint/modules/ $ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/loop1 3.4M 3.4M 54K 99% /home/pravin/Etherboot/git/BKO.git/pxeknife/knoppix/5.0.1/tt/tt $ sudo cp busybox mpoint/static cp: writing `tt/static/busybox': No space left on device $ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/loop1 3.4M 3.4M 1.0K 100% /home/pravin/Etherboot/git/BKO.git/pxeknife/knoppix/5.0.1/tt/tt </code> ===== Approach - 2 : using cpio ===== <code> $ gunzip minirt.gz $ mkdir minirtdir $ cd minirtdir $ cpio -ivu --no-absolute-filenames < ../minirt .......... .......... cpio: Malformed number E[wO5 cpio: Malformed number [wO5 cpio: Malformed number wO5 cpio: Malformed number O5 cpio: Malformed number
cpio: Malformed number " cpio: Malformed number " cpio: Malformed number cpio: Malformed number a| cpio: Malformed number a| cpio: Malformed number | cpio: Malformed number cpio: Malformed number cpio: Malformed number cpio: Malformed number cpio: Malformed number cpio: Malformed number cpio: Malformed number cpio: Malformed number cpio: Malformed number E[wO5 cpio: Malformed number [wO5 cpio: Malformed number wO5 .......... .......... .......... </code> I tried googling on error //cpio: Malformed number// it seems there are some kind of version issues. ===== fuse.ko for linux-2.6.19 ===== I have wasted lot of time in finding fuse.ko for kernel 2.6.19. Then I came across statement somewhere that //Kernel 2.6.14 and up have build-in Fuse-support.// on page [[http://httpfs.sourceforge.net/fuse_intro.htm]] so, I am not bothering to insert fuse module manually.