[22:01] <ret2libc> hi! does ubuntu still uses initramfs/initrd? i'm trying to look into them, but i cannot find anything interesting. initrd just contains a microcode and the initramfs included in the kernel source ./usr has just /dev/console and root.
[22:36] <TJ-> ret2libc: you're only seeing the prefix
[22:37] <ret2libc> TJ- what do you mean? do you have ref/links?
[22:40] <TJ-> ret2libc: the microcode is 'prefixed' onto the initrd.img file as a binary concatenation
[22:41] <ret2libc> TJ- ok but where's all the /bin, /dev, /init, etc. stuff?
[22:49] <apw> lsinitramfs shows the full content
[22:50] <ret2libc> apw: whoa... nice! thanks a lot! now the only thing i need to understand is what's the difference between that cmd and cpio :)
[22:50] <apw> re t
[22:50] <apw> ret
[22:51] <apw> ret2libc: there are multiple cpio archives back to back in an initramfs
[22:55] <ret2libc> apw: thank you, now i know where to look!
[23:24] <TJ-> ret2libc: sorry; been working on something else. I wrote a script that extracts it if you want it: http://iam.tj/projects/ubuntu/initramfs-extract