chntpw dracut module

This is a dracut module to create a ramdisk image with the chntpw tools. This was created to produce a netboot image with chntpw that would support newer hardware.

Some inspiration is taken from the Bootable CD Image over at chntpw

Requirements

The following packages should be installed:

• chntpw
• dracut
• ntfs-3g
• kbd

Example Usage

Create the ramdisk:

dracut  -m 'chntpw' -o systemd initrd.gz $(uname -r)

Boot using your kernel and initrd using your method of choice. One method is creating a boot image and using syslinux:

Make a disk image large enough to fit your kernel and initrd:

qemu-img create ./myimage.img 50M

Add a partition to the image, then mkdosfs the partition. Install syslinux and add an mbr:

syslinux -i $partition
install-mbr $file

Then add syslinux.cfg:

DEFAULT chntpw

TIMEOUT 3
PROMPT 1

LABEL chntpw
    KERNEL vmlinuz
    # Lie to dracut about root
    APPEND initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/null rootok=1