Messages in this thread |  | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: syslinux and 2.4.0 initrd size problems | Date | 26 Nov 2000 20:22:54 -0800 |
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Followup to: <20001126211642.A2763@vger.timpanogas.org> By author: "Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@vger.timpanogas.org> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > I am having trouble getting a 2.4 vmlinuz (bzImage) and initrd > image onto a 1.44 floppy with all the new stuff. Even a stipped > down kernel compiled under 2.4 is @ 600K compressed, and I need > about 800K for the initrd image. I noticed that syslinux > has some comments about not allowing initrd to span media. > > I there something more current that does or will allow me to > load the inittrd off a CD-ROM device (with vmlinuz and syslinux > on the floppy). I know how to do this with GRUB (Grand > Unified Boot Loader), but I want to use syslinux if possible. >
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