Porteus

I just edited my initrd in the xfce distribution to change the sgn file name so that it will not conflict with another porteus distribution, however when I try to boot with the new initrd, I get: linuxrc: exec: line 443 bin/chroot not found, I know that the only thing I changed was the name and the changes path.

Why not use the *.sgn file cheatcode?

sgnfile=some_name.sgn

... This cheatcode specifies the *.sgn file which Porteus will
search for. This is useful when you want to store several
Porteus editions on one disk/disc.
Example: 'sgnfile=porteus-usb.sgn'

Thanks for the reply, I am wondering why it is so hard to modify the initrd.xz and the core module , if I change anything in any of them the system gives me the same error as above. I want to change the HOSTNAME and the "issue" file since the issue just slows down the booting process, and it cannot be modified because it is compiled, but I can't .

You are more likely to get useful help if you supply useful information. What have you tried? How are you packing and unpacking your initrd.xz file?

IMHO, this is not worth the trouble just for shaving a millisecond off boot time for the issue file.

I found the answer here:http://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php? ... 990#p36546

I use this script to edit the initrd:
#!/bin/bash

cd `pwd`
if [ -e initrd.xz ]; then
xz -d < initrd.xz | cpio -i
rm initrd.xz
else
find | cpio -H newc -o | xz --check=crc32 --x86 --lzma2 > ../initrd.xz
fi


If I don't edit initrd and edit 001-core I get the same error and vice versa.

All looks good. Check that all permissions and symlinks are intact in the folder you are packing up.