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From: Michael Peddemors <michael@linuxmagic.com>
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To: "Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@vger.timpanogas.org>,
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Subject: Re: syslinux and 2.4.0 initrd size problems
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 09:29:08 -0800
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Happily using initrd on a 1.44 floppy here, and there should be no reason why 
you can't use it for a CDROM distro as well, you can have syslinux on the 
CDROM too... I believe their is a a syslinux mailing list to check if you 
have problems, and he has recently released updated versions of syslinux.

On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
> I am having trouble getting a 2.4 vmlinuz (bzImage) and initrd
> image onto a 1.44 floppy with all the new stuff.  Even a stipped
> down kernel compiled under 2.4 is @ 600K compressed, and I need
> about 800K for the initrd image.  I noticed that syslinux
> has some comments about not allowing initrd to span media.
>
> I there something more current that does or will allow me to
> load the inittrd off a CD-ROM device (with vmlinuz and syslinux
> on the floppy).   I know how to do this with GRUB (Grand
> Unified Boot Loader), but I want to use syslinux if possible.

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