Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262575AbVC2Hdc (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Mar 2005 02:33:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262535AbVC2H3X (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Mar 2005 02:29:23 -0500 Received: from smartmx-04.inode.at ([213.229.60.36]:29860 "EHLO smartmx-04.inode.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262547AbVC2HUa (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Mar 2005 02:20:30 -0500 Subject: Re: INITRAMFS: junk in compressed archive From: Bernhard Schauer Reply-To: schauer@acousta.at To: lkml In-Reply-To: References: <1111679972.5628.10.camel@FC3-bernhard-1.acousta.local> <1111762170.7238.3.camel@FC3-bernhard-1.acousta.local> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 08:20:51 +0200 Message-Id: <1112077252.6427.21.camel@FC3-bernhard-1.acousta.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 (2.0.4-2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1338 Lines: 41 > Kernel + compressed initramfs + uncompressed initramfs must fit in memory at > the same time. But that could not be the problem: initramfs packed: 6,4 MByte unpacked: 14,7 MByte kernel unpacked: 2,2 MByte -------------------------------- 23,3 MByte 128 MByte RAM on the PC (?) - the kernel tells that the RAM is available. An other interesting thing is that the "checking if image is initramfs... it isn't (junk in compressed archive)" message disappeared after using smaller initramfs (using the same method to compress the .cpio.gz file!). Maybe my boot procedure is a problem(?): I've to remote-boot DOS via RPL, load Novell Client for DOS, copy Linux + initramfs to ramdisk and call loadlin (version 1.6c) to start Linux. Could there something remain in memory? The size of memory available to the PC should still be enough to hold both systems and also the DOS - Ramdisk in memory. Other Question: is (could) DOS-Ramdisk (be) available to Kernel? Maybe as MTD? regards Bernhard Schauer - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/