diff --git a/create-iso.sh b/create-iso.sh
index ae664fb72634b8df113a0a3bac6376953bccb072..7f0201eb1709499bc90f4d8024c35aa5f32406f6 100755
--- a/create-iso.sh
+++ b/create-iso.sh
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ for script in `ls ${SCRIPTSDIR}`; do
         if [[ "$script" =~ [0-9]+\-chroot\.* ]]; then
             initChroot "${CHROOTDIR}" "${LOG_FILE}"
             execChroot "$CHROOTDIR" "${SCRIPT_NAME}"
+            #echo "PARADO"
+            #read a
             closeChroot "${CHROOTDIR}" "${LOG_FILE}"
         fi
     fi
diff --git a/scripts-available/make-initrd.sh b/scripts-available/make-initrd.sh
index 8a779bb97253dfc090606e0bc3487a7f75c493e4..187eb84e8f660944dd442cadc6f50bbe3bf67e53 100755
--- a/scripts-available/make-initrd.sh
+++ b/scripts-available/make-initrd.sh
@@ -54,8 +54,16 @@ if ! test -f initrd.lz; then
         rm --recursive --force ${PREFIX}/initrd/*
     fi
     pinfo "Using '${initname}'"
+    initrd_type=$(file "${CHROOTDIR}/boot/${initname}")
     pushd ${PREFIX}/initrd
-    gzip --decompress --stdout "${CHROOTDIR}/boot/${initname}" | cpio --extract; $(genErrHandle "Unable to decompress initrd")
+    if echo ${initrd_type} | grep --quiet --ignore-case "gzip"; then
+        gzip --decompress --stdout "${CHROOTDIR}/boot/${initname}" | cpio --extract; $(genErrHandle "Unable to decompress initrd")
+    elif echo ${initrd_type} | grep --quiet --ignore-case "ascii"; then
+        block_size=$(binwalk --include="compressed data" "${CHROOTDIR}/boot/${initname}" | cut --delimiter=" " --fields=1 | egrep "[0-9]+")
+       dd if="${CHROOTDIR}/boot/${initname}" bs="${block_size}" skip=1 | gunzip | cpio --extract --make-directories
+    else
+        perror "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}: Invalid initrd format"; /bin/bash
+    fi
     find . | cpio --quiet --create -H newc | lzma -7 > ../initrd.lz; $(genErrHandle "Unable to compress initrd")
     popd
     rm --recursive --force ${PREFIX}/initrd