From: Michael Peddemors <michael@linuxmagic.com>
To: "Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@vger.timpanogas.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: syslinux and 2.4.0 initrd size problems
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 09:29:08 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0011270929080J.00154@mistress> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20001126211642.A2763@vger.timpanogas.org>
In-Reply-To: <20001126211642.A2763@vger.timpanogas.org>
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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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-11-27 16:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-11-27 4:16 syslinux and 2.4.0 initrd size problems Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-27 4:22 ` H. Peter Anvin
2000-11-27 5:34 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-27 17:29 ` Michael Peddemors [this message]
2000-11-27 18:07 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-28 2:43 ` Peter Samuelson
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