add a directory to initramfs cpio archieve

Hi,

I have a kernel image (2.6.16) that is booting fine. It came with an =
initramfs cpio archieve that doesnot contain the /sys directory and =
hence sysfs is not accessible (initramfs continues as root FS in my =
case, even after system boots up). So how do I add /sys directory to my =
cpio archieve? I know it sounds stupid, but but here it is:

I am able to see the contents of cpio:

[rajat@qnx-server temp]$ cpio -itv < data.cpio
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 0 May 25 2006 /lost+found
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 0 May 25 2006 /bin
-rwxrwxrwx 1 rajat root 19000 May 19 2002 /bin/basename
-rwxrwxrwx 1 rajat root 968064 May 16 2002 /bin/bash
....
....
....

But when I try to extract it, it tries to overwrite my host root FS =
(/etc, /usr etc) which ofcourse I don't want:

[rajat@qnx-server temp]$ cpio -idv cpio: /lost+found: Operation not permitted
/lost+found
cpio: /bin: Operation not permitted
/bin
cpio: /bin/basename not created: newer or same age version exists
/bin/basename
cpio: /bin/bash not created: newer or same age version exists
/bin/bash
cpio: /bin/cat not created: newer or same age version exists
/bin/cat
....
....
....

Any help?

Thanks,

Rajat

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