romfs initrd and kernel config

2003-01-09 Thread Glenn McGrath
I commited changes to build/Makefile to allow the filsystem on the initrd to be specified, it defaults to ext2 so it currently doesnt make any difference. 748 net-initrd.ext2.gz 736 net-initrd.romfs.gz So romfs saves us 12kB on the filesystem overheads of the initrd. It requires romfs be

Re: romfs initrd and kernel config

2003-01-09 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Glenn McGrath] So we could save upto 35kB on the rescue disk, however we need to consider if we should have a kernel config specifically for the debian-installer, or should it be usable with the existing kernel package initrd system. I believe it is good to use the same kernel both places,