Re: INITRAMFS: junk in compressed archive

2005-03-28 Thread Bernhard Schauer
> Kernel + compressed initramfs + uncompressed initramfs must fit in memory at > the same time. But that could not be the problem: initramfs packed: 6,4 MByte unpacked: 14,7 MByte kernelunpacked: 2,2 MByte

Re: INITRAMFS: junk in compressed archive

2005-03-27 Thread Jan Engelhardt
>> Is there any size-limit on initramfs image? I found out that after >> reducing the image size it is loaded & /init executed as expected... > >Kernel + compressed initramfs + uncompressed initramfs must fit in memory at >the same time. This sounds like kernel + squashfs-as-"oldstyle"-initrd is b

Re: INITRAMFS: junk in compressed archive

2005-03-26 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> By author:Bernhard Schauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > other question: > > Is there any size-limit on initramfs image? I found out that after > reducing the image size it is loaded & /init executed as expected... > Kernel + compres

Re: INITRAMFS: junk in compressed archive

2005-03-26 Thread Andreas Jellinghaus
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 14:51:07 +, Bernhard Schauer wrote: > other question: > > Is there any size-limit on initramfs image? I found out that after > reducing the image size it is loaded & /init executed as expected... compressed size plus uncompressed size have be less than the total ram avail

Re: INITRAMFS: junk in compressed archive

2005-03-25 Thread Bernhard Schauer
other question: Is there any size-limit on initramfs image? I found out that after reducing the image size it is loaded & /init executed as expected... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at h

INITRAMFS: junk in compressed archive

2005-03-24 Thread Bernhard Schauer
Hi all! Kernel 2.6.11.5 issue: Passing .cpio.gz image with loadlin and initrd= kernel parameter. While booting, the "checking if image is initramfs... it isn't (junk in compressed archive)" message is shown. To create the cpio.gz file I issued "find . | cpio -o -H newc | gzip -9 >../initram.gz