Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 11 Dec 1999 18:51:15 +0100 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: PATCH: boot-time DHCP |
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On Sat, Dec 11, 1999 at 06:33:55PM +0100, Ulrich Drepper wrote: > Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> writes: > > > You need to load the kernel from somewhere. If you can load the kernel > > you can load a initrd too. > > Not if it is too big which happens all the time during development. > Ever tried to boot on a 4MB board, which initrd and an application?
A initrd on a romfs with only a stripped down dhcp client and a c program to configure and mount the nfsroot should be <100K. The initrd is freed after booting so you only waste a small bit of memory on the romfs.
-Andi -- This is like TV. I don't like TV.
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