Package: debian-installer Severity: wishlist * Jurij Smakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-12-24 17:46]: > To set the record straight, that's not completely correct :-). Today's > (Dec 23rd) netboot image is 4116916 bytes and it boots fine. I still think > that the limit is exactly 4100 kilobytes, which is 4100 x 1024 = 4198400 > bytes. That means that currently we have at most 80kB of space left. Under > the circumstances I think that it makes sense just to build a separate > netboot image for cats (which hopefully does not have such size > restrictions).
Yes, it may make sense to split the image. I'll look into this later. The current 2.6 kernel doesn't boot on Netwinder and I'm being told that it's due to a bug in the Netwinder firmware. So there *might* be a new version of the firmware, and maybe that'll be able to load bigger images. I wouldn't count on it yet, though. In any case, I'm filing a bug report now to keep track of this and will look into this later when it's clear whether there'll be a new version of Netrom (the netwinder firmware). If the size restriction won't be fixed, debian-installer should check the size during initrd generation. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
