Re: armel packages for linux-2.6.23-2 and install problem

["Martin Guy" <martinwguy@yahoo.it>]

2008/1/7, Martin Guy <martinwguy@yahoo.it>:
> However, when I dpkg -i the iop32x one on a Thecus N2100, it [...] fails saying:
>
>     Using mkinitramfs-kpkg to build the ramdisk.
>     Running postinst hook script flash-kernel.
>     The ramdisk doesn't fit in flash.
>     User postinst hook script [flash-kernel] exited with value 1
>     dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.23-1-iop32x (--install):
>
> where file sizes are:
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3973841 Dec 28 11:42 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-3-iop32x
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4265387 Jan  7 17:08 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.23-1-iop32x

In fact, the N2100 nand initrd partition has size 0x003e0000 or 4063232 bytes

> unpacking them, the difference is lib/modules, which is 868K larger in 23-1 than in 22-3

FWIW, the main growth is in kernel/drivers/scsi, from 901K to 1933K
including 8 extra modules.
Other module areas grow or shrink some, but the only files added to
the initrd are scsi modules.

   M