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 # Debian-CD-Scripts
 A set of simple scripts for modifying and working with the Debian installer CDs.
+
+This repo is divided into i386 and amd64 versions as the CDs use different directories, though the process aside from that is the same.
+
+## Dependancies
+ - rsync
+ - cpio
+ - genisoimage (cdrkit)
+
+## Usage
+`./extractcd.sh debian-8.2.0-i386-netinst.iso`  
+To extract a CD into the cd/ directory
+
+`./extractrd.sh`  
+To extract an init RAMdisk into the irmod/ directory
+
+`./genrd.sh`
+To convert the irmod directory back into a RAMdisk in the cd/ directory
+
+`./gencd.sh custom.iso`  
+To convert the cd/ directory back into a CD image for use.
diff --git a/amd64/extractcd.sh b/amd64/extractcd.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+if [ ! -d iso ]; then
+ mkdir iso
+fi
+if [ ! -d cd ]; then
+ mkdir cd
+fi
+mount $1 iso/
+rsync -aP -H --exclude=TRANS.TBL iso/ cd
+umount iso
diff --git a/amd64/extractrd.sh b/amd64/extractrd.sh
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+if [ ! -f irmod ]; then
+ mkdir irmod
+fi
+cd irmod
+gzip -d < ../cd/install.amd/initrd.gz | cpio --extract --verbose --make-directories --no-absolute-filenames
+cd ..
diff --git a/amd64/gencd.sh b/amd64/gencd.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+if [ -d cd ]; then
+ cd cd
+ md5sum `find -follow -type f` | tee md5sum.txt
+ cd ..
+ genisoimage -o $1 -r -J -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat ./cd
+else
+ echo "wat error (cd directory not found)"
+fi
diff --git a/amd64/genrd.sh b/amd64/genrd.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+if [ -d irmod ]; then
+ cd irmod
+ find . | cpio -H newc --create --verbose | gzip -9 > ../cd/install.amd/initrd.gz
+ cd ..
+else
+ echo "wat error (irmod directory not found)"
+fi
diff --git a/i386/extractcd.sh b/i386/extractcd.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+if [ ! -d iso ]; then
+ mkdir iso
+fi
+if [ ! -d cd ]; then
+ mkdir cd
+fi
+mount $1 iso/
+rsync -aP -H --exclude=TRANS.TBL iso/ cd
+umount iso
diff --git a/i386/extractrd.sh b/i386/extractrd.sh
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+if [ ! -f irmod ]; then
+ mkdir irmod
+fi
+cd irmod
+gzip -d < ../cd/install.386/initrd.gz | cpio --extract --verbose --make-directories --no-absolute-filenames
+cd ..
diff --git a/i386/gencd.sh b/i386/gencd.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+if [ -d cd ]; then
+ cd cd
+ md5sum `find -follow -type f` | tee md5sum.txt
+ cd ..
+ genisoimage -o $1 -r -J -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat ./cd
+else
+ echo "wat error (cd directory not found)"
+fi
diff --git a/i386/genrd.sh b/i386/genrd.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+if [ -d irmod ]; then
+ cd irmod
+ find . | cpio -H newc --create --verbose | gzip -9 > ../cd/install.386/initrd.gz
+ cd ..
+else
+ echo "wat error (irmod directory not found)"
+fi