"Ed Greshko" wrote: >So, instead of using cpio you need to mount it someplace. So, you could >do: >mount initrd-2.4.21-40.ELsmp.img -o loop /mnt #mount initrd-2.4.22-1.2115.nptlcustom.img -o loop /mnt mount: si deve specificare il tipo di filesystem ..in english: you must specify the filesystem type ??? thanks. ------ Salvatore.