How to examine or extract the contents of an initramfs or initrd file?
Issue
- How to check if the correct modules are included in an initramfs
- How to list the files in an initramfs
- How to check modules are being loaded with correct options in the initramfs or not
- How to extract initramfs to check that?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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