Re: Multi-arch netinst getting too big

[Ferenc Wagner <wferi@niif.hu>]

Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> writes:

> On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 21:49 +0200, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
>
>> Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> writes:
>> 
>>> On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 21:12 +0200, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> writes:
>>>> 
>>>>> Another option might be to combine gtk/initrd.gz and xen/initrd.gz so
>>>>> that the overhead is only the kernel udebs and not duplicating all the
>>>>> other stuff.
>>>> 
>>>> I probably mentioned this already, but you aren't constrained to a
>>>> single initrd.gz: you can use several ones separated by commas.
>>>
>>> Where can I use several? In a Xen domain config file or in some
>>> bootloader config or something? Is it actually supported of does it just
>>> happen to work by some coincidence?
>> 
>> Unfortunately not in a Xen domain config, AFAIK.  But isolinux supports
>> it, as per syslinux.txt:
>> 
>>         It supports multiple filenames separated by commas.
>>         This is mostly useful for initramfs, which can be composed of
>>         multiple separate cpio or cpio.gz archives.
>
> OK, Thanks.
>
>> It's actually an overlay, so it may be possible to work around the Xen
>> limitation by making the Xen initrd the base one and overwriting its
>> arch dependent parts as needed.
>
> Although it probably could be made to work I'm not that keen on making
> the regular case more complicated/strange (even if supported by the
> bootloader) in order to support Xen and I suspect nobody else is either.
> I'd prefer to drop GTK from the Xen images.

By all means go ahead.  The multi-initrd feature would be most useful
for reusing the normal initrds (mostly kernel modules) in the graphical
installer I guess.  But then again that may not be worth it.
-- 
Regards,
Feri.