On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 13:51:12 -0700 Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The kernel compresses itself using gzip, so upx isn't likely to > be useful there. It would be much more useful when used on the > rest of userspace. Though I suspect you would get better results > by simply switching the initrd filesystem from ext2 to cramfs. Turns out that cramfs uses more space than ext2 which surprises me, but i think cramfs's advantage is that it could reduce memory requirements, a boot-root floppy not needing an ramfs at all. (bytes) 757889 net-initrd.romfs.gz 765815 net-initrd.ext2.gz 874360 net-initrd.cramfs.gz 880640 net-initrd.cramfs romfs is the winner as far as initrd size goes, its also the smallest of the three filesystem in terms of okernel size. So i still say romfs is a better choice, but cramfs is worth thinking about for lowmem installs if we need such a thing. Now if only we could have romfs built into the kernel..... Glenn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
