Now supports cpio format too

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bzt 7 years ago
parent 12f9635933
commit 849b312f37

@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Tutorial 0E - Initial RamDisk
Many OS uses initial ramdisk to load files into memory during boot. I felt the need for such Many OS uses initial ramdisk to load files into memory during boot. I felt the need for such
a tutorial as most hobby OS developer's never learned how to do this properly. a tutorial as most hobby OS developer's never learned how to do this properly.
First of all, we're not going to reinvent the wheel a come up with a new format and an awful First of all, we're not going to reinvent the wheel and come up with a new format and an awful
image creator tool. We're going to use the POSIX standard `tar` utility and the `cpio` utility image creator tool. We're going to use the POSIX standard `tar` utility and the `cpio` utility
to create our initrd. The former is more straightforward, the latter is used by Linux. to create our initrd. The former is more straightforward, the latter is used by Linux.

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