Hi, Creating this file with COMPRESS=xz worked fine /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/compress
Obviously, with xz there is plenty of space left. There was a little warning though (see below). Generating kernel u-boot image... done. Flashing kernel (using 2050440/2097152 bytes)... done. Flashing initramfs (using 2870792/4194304 bytes)... done. W: APT had planned for dpkg to do more than it reported back (0 vs 7). Affected packages: flash-kernel:armel initramfs-tools:armel Yes, this system has been upgraded several time. I think your web page even said that that is the correct/only way to do it. I guess installing Stretch does COMPRESS=xz on its own. Thank you so much. My problem is now solved. But perhaps xz could be part of the upgrade process. On 12 February 2018 at 22:05, Gunnar Thorburn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Martin, > > I sincerely apologize for setting the wrong severity to the wrong > package in the original report. > (I thought the system could be in a state where it would not reboot at all) > > I am sorry to inform you that changing to MODULES=dep in > initramfs.conf did not help. > (driver-policy already had MODULES=dep). > > And no, I am not using LVM or RAID (just a standard ext2-partitions > for /, /boot, /home/ and one for swap on a single SATA drive). > > The good thing is that the system reboots properly and seems to work > fine with the old 3.16 kernel. > > There is no > /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/compress > > I will try it out and get back. > > Thank you very much! > > > > > > On 12 February 2018 at 21:57, Martin Michlmayr <[email protected]> wrote: >> Unfortunately my memory is quite bad. I *thought* the current >> installer configured XZ compression by default but it seems that's not >> the case. So the documentation on my web site is correct. >> >> * The installer sets MODULES=dep >> * It has done so for a long time >> * But you've upgraded from a really old release where this wasn't the case >> (I believe) >> >> * The installer doesn't configure XZ compression >> * You don't need it for a normal installation >> * If you want LVM or RAID, you have to use XZ, as per the hint at >> http://www.cyrius.com/debian/orion/qnap/ts-109/known-issues/ >> >> At least I *believe* that's the case. I didn't investigate in detail. >> >> -- >> Martin Michlmayr >> http://www.cyrius.com/
