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Christopher Bergeron wrote:

> I thought this was a straightforward task, but I'm having trouble 
> mounting an initrd.img file.  When I try:
>
> mount -o loop initrd.img directory_to_mount_to
>
> I'm getting a "must specify filesystem" error.  Does anyone have any 
> idea on what I'm doing wrong?  Can I not mount this initrd.img file or 
> am I in fact, not specifying the correct filesystem?  I've tried -t 
> ext2  and -t ext3 (and -t tmpfs and -t cramfs), but to no adeu.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> CB
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