--- mkinitrd-5.0.17/mkinitrd.ark	2009-02-09 15:39:47.884278814 +0100
+++ mkinitrd-5.0.17/mkinitrd	2009-02-09 15:40:16.443659237 +0100
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ chmod +x $RCFILE
 (cd $MNTIMAGE; findall . | cpio --quiet -c -o) >| $IMAGE || exit 1
 
 if [ -n "$compress" ]; then
-    gzip -9 < $IMAGE >| $target || rc=1
+    lzma -9 < $IMAGE >| $target || rc=1
 else
     cp -a $IMAGE $target || rc=1
 fi