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diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
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+pkgbase = mkinitcpio-tarball-utils
+	pkgdesc = Provides hooks for booting to a tmpfs
+	pkgver = 0.1
+	pkgrel = 1
+	arch = any
+	license = GPL
+	depends = mkinitcpio-nfs-utils
+	source = tarballroot-hook
+	source = tarballroot-install
+	md5sums = 582ed650034623c4c666905ae4ca900c
+	md5sums = 4d5a0b0566a929b0af277b53b4990a53
+
+pkgname = mkinitcpio-tarball-utils
+
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
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+# Maintainer: Matthew Hiles <matthew.hiles@gmail.com>
+pkgname=mkinitcpio-tarball-utils
+pkgver=0.1
+pkgrel=1
+epoch=
+pkgdesc="Provides hooks for booting to a tmpfs"
+arch=(any)
+url=""
+license=('GPL')
+groups=()
+depends=(mkinitcpio-nfs-utils)
+makedepends=()
+checkdepends=()
+optdepends=()
+provides=()
+conflicts=()
+replaces=()
+backup=()
+options=()
+install=
+changelog=
+source=(tarballroot-hook tarballroot-install)
+noextract=()
+validpgpkeys=()
+
+
+package() {
+	mkdir -p "$pkgdir/usr/lib/initcpio/hooks"
+	mkdir -p "$pkgdir/usr/lib/initcpio/install"
+	cp tarballroot-hook "$pkgdir/usr/lib/initcpio/hooks/tarball"
+	cp tarballroot-install "$pkgdir/usr/lib/initcpio/install/tarball"
+}
+
+md5sums=('582ed650034623c4c666905ae4ca900c'
+         '4d5a0b0566a929b0af277b53b4990a53')
diff --git a/tarballroot-hook b/tarballroot-hook
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+# vim: set ft=sh:
+run_hook() {
+    if [ "${root}" = "tarball" ]; then
+        # set mount handler
+        mount_handler="tarball_mount_handler"
+    fi
+}
+
+tarball_mount_handler() {
+    mount -t tmpfs root "$1"
+    wget -O- ${tarball} | tar -Jx -C "$1"
+}
+
+# vim: set ft=sh ts=4 sw=4 et:
diff --git a/tarballroot-install b/tarballroot-install
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+build() {
+
+    add_binary "/usr/bin/tar" "/bin/tar"
+    add_binary "/usr/bin/xz" "/bin/xz"
+
+    add_runscript
+}
+
+help() {
+    cat <<HELPEOF
+This hook adds the ability to use a tmpfs as root, downloading a tarball
+image (with xz compression) and extracting it on the fly.
+
+Don't forget to include the net hook.
+
+On the boot command line  root=tarball and tarball=<url>
+
+HELPEOF
+}
+
+# vim: set ft=sh ts=4 sw=4 et: