Re: Bug#549681: needs MODULES=dep on some PowerPC systems
reassign rootskel
stop
[ adding debian-boot to cc ]
On Mon, 05 Oct 2009, Simon Richter wrote:
> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.93.4
> Severity: important
>
> Hi,
>
> some OpenFirmware implementations, such as the one in the PegasosII,
> have a 12 MB size limit on kernel images, and no initrd loading
> capability. The latter is worked around by merging the initrd into the
> image with the "mkvmlinuz" tool, however the generated images are
> unbootable if they exceed 12 MB.
>
> It would be good if mkinitramfs would fail on systems that have the
> string "platform : CHRP" in /proc/cpuinfo if compressed kernel
> and initramfs together are larger than 12 MB, to stop unpleasant
> surprises when booting.
>
partman has some checks for partitions,
aboves specialised wish sound nice for debian installer
although there are not many powerpc guys.
reassigning to rootskel who does install initramfs-tools.
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