how does one verify the bootability of initramfs image without actually rebooting the system -- the reason why we need this is - suppose if one takes the system for a short window and suddenly finds that the initramfs image is corrupt and has to do recovery
one idea I got is to transfer this image to a Virtual machine and boot it off of that ..?
can we extract the image and compare its contents to a golden image , so to speak . image which we think is not damaged.
thanks, ~Sai