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Re: Boot Instal thru Loadlin and initrd image



On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 12:43:19AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> I have today managed to boot from dos using loadlin.
> The version of loadlin I used is 1.6c.
> The kernel and initrd I used are from the hd-media installation method.
> 
> The command I used to load linux was:
> loadlin vmlinux /dev/ram rw root=/dev/ram initrd=initrd.gz ramdisk_size=1000
> 
> The ramdisk_size is probably a bit higher than strictly needed.

I would think the ramdisk size would have to be much higher.  I know
8192 wasn't enough when I made my last custom install cd.  I started
using 16384 as far as I recall, which worked fine.

Len Sorensen



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