Hi, > Am 21.01.2019 um 14:59 schrieb Shlomi Fish <shlo...@shlomifish.org>: > > Hi all! > > Can anyone address my concern? > > Begin forwarded message: > > Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 12:47:21 +0200 > From: Shlomi Fish <shlo...@gmail.com> > To: Linux-IL <linux...@cs.huji.ac.il> > Subject: How come the initrd cpio archives are so large? > > > Hi all! > > root@telaviv1:~/initrd/good/unpack # ls -l ../img > -rw------- 1 root root 11419609 Jan 21 11:42 ../img > root@telaviv1:~/initrd/good/unpack # cpio -i < ../img > 26 blocks > root@telaviv1:~/initrd/good/unpack # du . > 16K ./kernel/x86/microcode > 20K ./kernel/x86 > 24K ./kernel > 32K . > root@telaviv1:~/initrd/good/unpack # > > > ==> why is the initrd cpio image so large in comparison to its contents?
Because it contains more than a single file, i.e. a compressed directory tree is attached: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/163346/why-is-it-that-my-initrd-only-has-one-directory-namely-kernel -- Reuti > I am trying to debug this kernel bootup problem - > https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24203 - it happens with all kernels > I tried - compiled from source or not except for those that were prepared > in the past. Any help would be appreciated. > > -- > Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ > > Buddha has the Chuck Norris nature. > > Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . > > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ > https://youtu.be/GoEn1YfYTBM - Tiffany Alvord - “Fall Together” > > Our parents can't be spies! They're not cool enough. > — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy_Kids > > Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . > <Original html part.html>_______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > linux...@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
