RPM:
rpm2cpio filename.rpm | cpio -vid
-- OR --
rpm -i filename.rpm
deb:
ar p filename.deb data.tar.gz | tar xz
-- OR --
ar vx filename.deb
tar -xzvf data.tar.gz
tcz:
unsquashfs myStartup.tcz
mksquashfs squashfs-root myStartup.tcz
--OR--
sudo mount -o loop extension.tcz /tmp/image
tcz-pack (package-tools.tcz)
lzma:
tar --lzma -xvf file.tar.lama
xz -d file.tar.lzma
cab:
ISO:
sudo mount -t iso9660 -o loop
ISO: udf,iso13346
sudo mount -t udf,iso13346 -o loop
vdi: (qemu.tcz) - use qemu connect the VDI to /dev/nbd?
rmmod nbd
modprobe nbd max_part=16
qemu-nbd [-r] -c /dev/nbd0 <vdi-file>
mount /dev/nbd0p1 /mnt
umount /mnt
qemu-nbd -d /dev/nbd0
initrd.gz/core.gz: http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/wiki:remastering
zcat tinycore.gz | sudo cpio -i -H newc -d
sudo find | sudo cpio -o -H newc | gzip -2 > ../tinycore.gz
initrd.img:
mount -t sysfs /inventAnonExistentFilename.whatever targetDirectory/
