Bug#302700: Report Sarge Installer RC3 on HPPA
On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 02:27:09PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 10:08:23PM +0100, Richard Hirst wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 08:43:46PM +0200, Thomi Schmid wrote:
> > > Hi Frans,
> > >
> > > ramdisk_size=16384 is what is loaded on the kernel boot paramter line as
> > > default. It does not work. I have increased this value to ramdisk_size=32768.
> > > It did also fail with the same symptoms.
>
> > I think ramdisk_size=21384 should be enough (21384*1024=21897216)
>
> > sh-3.00# zcat /mnt/iso/install/initrd.gz | wc -c
> > 21897216
>
> AFAIK the ramdisk_size refers to the uncompressed size in memory. So
> "initrd.gz" suggests that the uncompressed image is a bit larger.
Huh? I did zcat above, so 21897216 is the uncompressed size.
Richard
>
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> Steve Langasek
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