unmkinitramfs in initramfs-tools-core doesn't fully extract an initrd in bionic
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I am running Ubuntu 18.04.4
I am looking at the initrd found in the desktop live cd (<cd loop mount>/
The first cpio archive is supposed to contain kernel/
The second cpio archive is supposed to contain kernel/
The third file is a LZMA compressed data
Now, if you execute `unmkinitramfs <cd loop mount>/
"early" has the AuthenticAMD.bin, which means it corresponds to the first cpio.
"main" is the actual initial ram disk file system, which comes from the LZMA compressed data.
What I expect to see is also the GenuineIntel.bin firmware. `binwalk` says it's there, but `unmkinitramfs` is not able to extract it out. Why?
I see binwalk is at version 2.1.1-16, while initramfs-
How do I extract the ubuntu 18 initramfs and get all the contents that binwalk is able to see?
summary: |
- unmkinitramfs in initramfs-tools-core doesn't fully extract an initrd + unmkinitramfs in initramfs-tools-core doesn't fully extract an initrd in + bionic |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.