On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 09:43:37AM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 12:55:51AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > Hi, ... > > > > I am requesting, on behalf of the powerpc oldworld floppies users, some help > > to solve the problem of too big root.img. > > > > The file is 1489688 bytes, while the floppy size is 1474560, so it is 15128 > > bytes to huge. I had a quick look at the floppy pkg-lists, but i couldn't > > see > > anything obvious to move around to another floppy, maybe the the socket > > modules could move to the net-drivers floppy or something, but that is about > > it, and i think socket-modules is empty right now anyway. > > > > So, it would be very nice if someone with knowledge of the floppies would > > take > > a look and see where we can gain those 15128 bytes, maybe removing one of > > the > > console maps (we have usb and at, but oldworld only have adb keymaps, not > > sure > > what it maps to though), and also add the bit of code Frans mentioned the > > x86 > > floppies already have for failing if the image size is bigger than a > > floppy. I > > searched for it in config/i386, but failed to find anything that did > > something > > like this. > > I am building a stripped down version of the > linux-image-powerpc-miboot right now. I will test it before sending > patches.
The kernel is not the issue, the root image is, and it involves playing with the d-i build process and the .udebs, which is why i am asking for help from the d-i floppy knowledgeable guys, since fixing this on powerpc has implication on the x86 floppies too. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
