Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:14:08 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: large initramfs causes h/w reset after decompressing |
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On 07/14/2011 09:06 AM, John Z. Bohach wrote: > I have a large initramfs cpio file, about 890 MB, which expands to 2.7 > GB, and am running on linux-2.6.36.1, in 64-bit mode with 8 GB of > physical RAM. > > Upon loading the initramfs, I see the message "Decompressing..." for a > few seconds, and then comes a reset. > > This question has come up before...is there some sort of max size. that > I am exceeding? With 8 GB of physical memory and 64-bit arch. > (AMD-II), certainly seems that there should be enough memory, no? > > Thanks...
What bootloader are you using? There are some bootloaders which don't allocate the initramfs in a very good spot.
-hpa
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