Bug#701149: Which initrd.gz version had a size of 28524879 bytes around 11-Feb-2013?

[Regid Ichira <regid23@nt1.in>]

1. http://d-i.pascal.at/ suggest to use

    append initrd=initrd.gz ramdisk_size=10240 root=/dev/rd/0 
                            devfs=mount,dall rw DEBCONF_PRIORITY=medium

(line broken here for readability)
Since I have a seperate initrd directive in my syslinux.cfg, I added
to the append directive:

    vga=791 ramdisk_size=10240 root=/dev/rd/0 devfs=mount,dall rw

With this addition, I can boot into the installer.


2. I then tried the linux and initrd.gz of 23-Feb-2013 from the 
   netboot section.  Both what I believe is the text (newt) version,
   and the GTK one.  The machine reboots itself with nothing seen on
   the display.  This happens with an append line of

       vga=791 

   as well as with an append line of

       vga=791 ramdisk_size=10240 root=/dev/rd/0 devfs=mount,dall rw


3. With the current, 23-Feb-2013, hd-media/gtk vmlinuz and initrd.gz,
  and an append line of  

       vga=791 ramdisk_size=10240 root=/dev/rd/0 devfs=mount,dall rw

  I got a kernel panic that looks to me similar to the one in the
  post that open #701149.


  Now I wonder where are the kernel and initrd.gz that do work came
from?  The kernel size is 2503264 bytes.  The initrd.gz is 28524879
bytes.  I think they boot into a GTK version of the installer.  I
also think they were put on the archive on 11-Feb-2013.