Just in case anybody cares, a minimal FC6 using Jesse's list and just about today's updated rpms results in a initrd that is 383MB in size (before gzip) which boots just fine into a 512MB ramdisk. When I get done stripping it down manually, I have a 138 MB image that still includes all 48 MB of kernel modules. Based on past history given I only have to support some pretty basic hardware, I'm guessing I can get that minimal-list-of-rpms system to 110 MB or so before gzipping the initrd without too much pain. Pretty cool, no need to go busybox or really embedded for a ramdisk-based router/firewall box. Just throw 128MB ramdisk at the problem for a few bucks... ------ vince.skahan@xxxxxxxxxx ------ -----Original Message----- From: Skahan, Vince Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 8:52 PM To: Yellowdog Updater, Modified; ross.cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: RE: yum compatibility backward with rpm [...] My current FC4 (not bare minimum, about 150 rpms) is ballpark 150MB footprint. So far I have FC6 at about 210 MB on disk hand-stripped ala above, but I have lots of rpms to go. I'll take Jesse's rpm list, build something with the FC6 versions, and then hand-strip it down just to see how small it can gets before+after for comparison. _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
