On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 08:55:07PM +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 02:28:12PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 11:25:18PM +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton > > wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 11:56:21AM -0300, Humberto Massa Guimar?es wrote: > > > > ** Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton :: > > > > > possible solutions: > > > > > > > > > > * fix the bloody 2.6 kernel so it doesn't use so much damn memory. > > > > > > > > > > * fix the debian-specific, debian-created and debian-responsible > > > > > initrd ramdisk so it doesn't require so much damn memory. > > > > > > > > > > * provide an alternate "compact" ramdisk if fixing the "default" > > > > > ramdisk isn't a viable option. > > > > > > > > Remember Debian is a volunteer-driven organization. Implement the > > > > features you need yourself and then ask (politely) for the inclusion of > > > > your contribution. Or, you can ask (more politely still) for someone > > > > more knowledgeable than you (like Horms) to implement one of your > > > > suggestions. But what you should NOT do is to demand features like your > > > > e-mail seemed to. > > > > > > if you read it carefully, you will note that the wording > > > doesn't make any demands. it _does_ however hint at some socially > > > uncomfortable responsibilities. > > > > Luke, do you have an idea of what exactly is the problem with 2.6 kernels > > and > > low memory support ? Could you describe it, especially since i believe it is > > only a problem related on how the initrd is generated, and the fact that > > initrd-tools creates insanely big initrds by default ? > > > > Friendly, > > > > Sven Luther > > allo sven, > > when i get a chance, which will likely be sunday, i will install a 2.6 > kernel on my P1XX machine, then remove 16mb from it (i found someone > who had an old machine...)
So, you really have no idea of what is going wrong ? Can you then try to set MODULES=dep in /etc/mkinitrd/mkinitrd.conf ? Before installing the 2.6.12-2 kernel that is. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
