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Unpacking and repacking initramfs images
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# Unpack
gzip -cd /boot/initramfs.example | cpio -i
# Repack
find . | cpio --dereference -o -H newc | gzip > /boot/initramfs.example
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Confirmed working on Debian

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backit commented Sep 29, 2021

for me with debian 11 is not working with --dereference

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