Hello Readers, i try to load via SYSLINUX a initrd file. My syslinux.cfg on a loop device contains the following: === 8< ==default linux prompt 1 timeout 1 display boot.msg F1 boot.msg F2 options.msg F3 general.msg F4 param.msg F5 rescue.msg F7 snake.msg label linux kernel vmlinuz append initrd=initrd.img ramdisk_size=786432 ks=file:/ks.cfg \ console=tty1 console=ttyS0,57600 === 8< == my initrd is 535M big, and is comopressed with grzip -9. The initrd tried to load on startup but later after some points it stops loading and seems to hang. So my Question is - How big can be a initrd for syslinux? Thanks in advance Daniel -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil URL: <http://www.zytor.com/pipermail/syslinux/attachments/20070212/0ed3a0e9/attachment.sig>
Daniel Rindt wrote:> label linux > kernel vmlinuz > append initrd=initrd.img ramdisk_size=786432 ks=file:/ks.cfg \ > console=tty1 console=ttyS0,57600 > > my initrd is 535M big, and is comopressed with grzip -9. The initrd > tried to load on startup but later after some points it stops loading > and seems to hang. > So my Question is - How big can be a initrd for syslinux? >If this is on a 32-bit system, you're going to run out of lowmem trying to decompress that monster. If it's on a 64-bit system, with a 64-bit kernel, you should be okay, although in general I would *strongly* recommend you switch from initrd to initramfs. -hpa