> The problem is to accomplish all of this the initrd needs to be of a > certain size, namely that ~100M he suggested. I mean just adding the > network stack and a dns resolver adds a non-trivial amount of space in > the initrd. 12M for just network drivers, another 1M for ipv4/ipv6 > modules, another 100K for libresolv and say another 200K for things like > nslookup. That doesn't include anything about the pieces needed to > initiate http transfers, iscsi, etc or any of the menuing pieces that > would need to live in there to get it moving. Think smaller, much smaller. tomsrtbt [Tom's root and boot] rescue floppy disk did it in 1.44MB about ten years ago, and that included drivers for a dozen network interface cards (NIC) of that day. I still can read my copy, although I have not booted it for about 5 years. -- _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list
