Ian Campbell <i...@hellion.org.uk> writes: > On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 21:49 +0200, Ferenc Wagner wrote: > >> Ian Campbell <i...@hellion.org.uk> writes: >> >>> On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 21:12 +0200, Ferenc Wagner wrote: >>> >>>> Ian Campbell <i...@hellion.org.uk> writes: >>>> >>>>> Another option might be to combine gtk/initrd.gz and xen/initrd.gz so >>>>> that the overhead is only the kernel udebs and not duplicating all the >>>>> other stuff. >>>> >>>> I probably mentioned this already, but you aren't constrained to a >>>> single initrd.gz: you can use several ones separated by commas. >>> >>> Where can I use several? In a Xen domain config file or in some >>> bootloader config or something? Is it actually supported of does it just >>> happen to work by some coincidence? >> >> Unfortunately not in a Xen domain config, AFAIK. But isolinux supports >> it, as per syslinux.txt: >> >> It supports multiple filenames separated by commas. >> This is mostly useful for initramfs, which can be composed of >> multiple separate cpio or cpio.gz archives. > > OK, Thanks. > >> It's actually an overlay, so it may be possible to work around the Xen >> limitation by making the Xen initrd the base one and overwriting its >> arch dependent parts as needed. > > Although it probably could be made to work I'm not that keen on making > the regular case more complicated/strange (even if supported by the > bootloader) in order to support Xen and I suspect nobody else is either. > I'd prefer to drop GTK from the Xen images.
By all means go ahead. The multi-initrd feature would be most useful for reusing the normal initrds (mostly kernel modules) in the graphical installer I guess. But then again that may not be worth it. -- Regards, Feri. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87k4pjh8wv....@tac.ki.iif.hu