Gary Thomas wrote:
What's happened to the initrd image in rawhide? The last version I checked was only 8+ MB $ ls -l work3/FC/fedora/development/i386/os/isolinux/ total 11212 -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 292 2008-01-27 03:55 boot.msg -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 919 2008-01-27 03:55 general.msg -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 8623281 2008-01-27 03:55 initrd.img -r--r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 10932 2008-01-27 03:55 isolinux.bin -r-xr-xr-x 1 gthomas gthomas 963 2008-01-27 03:55 isolinux.cfg -r--r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 103260 2008-01-27 03:55 memtest -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 817 2008-01-27 03:55 options.msg -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 517 2008-01-27 03:55 param.msg -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 490 2008-01-27 03:55 rescue.msg -r--r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 446917 2008-01-27 03:55 splash.jpg -r--r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 117568 2008-01-27 03:55 vesamenu.c32 -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 2109184 2008-01-27 03:55 vmlinuz Friday's version is now 76+! $ ls /work3/FC/fedora/development/i386/os/isolinux/ -l total 77364 -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 292 2008-02-01 04:59 boot.msg -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 919 2008-02-01 04:59 general.msg -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 76295487 2008-02-01 04:59 initrd.img -r--r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 10932 2008-02-01 04:59 isolinux.bin -r-xr-xr-x 1 gthomas gthomas 963 2008-02-01 04:59 isolinux.cfg -r--r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 103260 2008-02-01 04:59 memtest -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 817 2008-02-01 04:59 options.msg -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 517 2008-02-01 04:59 param.msg -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 490 2008-02-01 04:59 rescue.msg -r--r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 446917 2008-02-01 04:59 splash.jpg -r--r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 117568 2008-02-01 04:59 vesamenu.c32 -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 2109824 2008-02-01 04:59 vmlinuz Everything else seems in line, it's just initrd that seems a bit excessive. n.b. this system runs on my big boxes, but fails to even start on my 192MB ThinkPad :-( https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431305
That initrd is probably built from the kernel compiles that caused 2.6.24-9 to be a 200mb kernel. Its being looked into, see threads on -devel.
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