Hello Charles, > As mentioned, the size limit for minix is 64M.
I see. > If you want a really huge ramdisk, you can format and mount one after the system has initally booted. Ext2 would be a good choice for the file-system...you can > get the ext2 userspace tools from the hard-disk support packages, and the Dachstein kernels have ext2 filesystem support compiled as a loadable module. If stripping my packages even more will not create the space I need, I will definitely do this. Thanks! ------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 From: "Charles Steinkuehler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vic Berdin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Leaf-user] ramdisk_size query for DS 1.0.2 Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 09:09:22 -0600 > I have a need to increase my syslinux.cfg ramdisk_size declaration to a > value above 65536. My DS box has 128MB physical ram, and it's currently > using 65536, but for database reasons, I'm thinking of jacking this > value to 98304. > > I did some research on the past mail archives and stumbled upon old > queries posted by other LEAF users talking about a 2.4 package called > initrd.lrp, and setting additional syslinux.cfg parameters like initrd, > and syst_size. Going thru the archives, I also came across informative > exchanges from our LEAF developers on modelling the use and packaging > of initrd (and root.lrp) for future the LRPs. > > I would like to know if how do I handle/implement this on a DS 2.2.19 > environment (if this hasn't been done yet). I really need to raise my > ram disk size to above 64M. As mentioned, the size limit for minix is 64M. If you want a really huge ramdisk, you can format and mount one after the system has initally booted. Ext2 would be a good choice for the file-system...you can get the ext2 userspace tools from the hard-disk support packages, and the Dachstein kernels have ext2 filesystem support compiled as a loadable module. Charles Steinkuehler http://lrp.steinkuehler.net http://c0wz.steinkuehler.net (lrp.c0wz.com mirror) _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
