On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 12:10:54AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:34:21 -0400 Thomas H. George wrote: > > > With BUSYBOX=n the initrd.img file size is reduced to 6683876 but > > bootup still fails. > > Maybe yaird can help. Install the yaird package and then add > > ramdisk=mkinitrd.yaird mkinitramfs > > to /etc/kernel-img.conf (try to use yaird, if it fails use > initramfs-tools) and then run > > dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-2.6.26-1-amd64 > > (this is the recommended method for recreating the initrd, because it's > independent of the initrd creator used) > > On my system this creates a 1,3M initrd. This should be small enough ;)
Interesting: A check of the Debian package lists shows yaird for Etch and Sid but not for Lenny. Ron Johnson's suggestion that I roll my own kernel may be best at present. Until six months ago I always rolled my own kernel. Then one day I thought that perhaps I was being foolish, that although a stock kernel would include many drivers I did not need still Debian is so compact the overhead would be trivial. Tonight when I have the time I will roll one and check out the difference. Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]