initrd explosion?

[Andrew Farris]

Gary Thomas wrote:
> What's happened to the initrd image in rawhide?
> 
> The last version I checked was only 8+ MB
> 
> $ ls -l work3/FC/fedora/development/i386/os/isolinux/
> total 11212
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas     292 2008-01-27 03:55 boot.msg
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas     919 2008-01-27 03:55 general.msg
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 8623281 2008-01-27 03:55 initrd.img
> -r--r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas   10932 2008-01-27 03:55 isolinux.bin
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 gthomas gthomas     963 2008-01-27 03:55 isolinux.cfg
> -r--r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas  103260 2008-01-27 03:55 memtest
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas     817 2008-01-27 03:55 options.msg
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas     517 2008-01-27 03:55 param.msg
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas     490 2008-01-27 03:55 rescue.msg
> -r--r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas  446917 2008-01-27 03:55 splash.jpg
> -r--r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas  117568 2008-01-27 03:55 vesamenu.c32
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 2109184 2008-01-27 03:55 vmlinuz
> 
> Friday's version is now 76+!
> 
> $ ls /work3/FC/fedora/development/i386/os/isolinux/ -l
> total 77364
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas      292 2008-02-01 04:59 boot.msg
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas      919 2008-02-01 04:59 general.msg
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas 76295487 2008-02-01 04:59 initrd.img
> -r--r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas    10932 2008-02-01 04:59 isolinux.bin
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 gthomas gthomas      963 2008-02-01 04:59 isolinux.cfg
> -r--r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas   103260 2008-02-01 04:59 memtest
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas      817 2008-02-01 04:59 options.msg
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas      517 2008-02-01 04:59 param.msg
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas      490 2008-02-01 04:59 rescue.msg
> -r--r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas   446917 2008-02-01 04:59 splash.jpg
> -r--r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas   117568 2008-02-01 04:59 vesamenu.c32
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gthomas gthomas  2109824 2008-02-01 04:59 vmlinuz
> 
> Everything else seems in line, it's just initrd that seems
> a bit excessive.  n.b. this system runs on my big boxes, but fails
> to even start on my 192MB ThinkPad :-(
>   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431305
> 
> 

That initrd is probably built from the kernel compiles that caused 2.6.24-9 to 
be a 200mb kernel.  Its being looked into, see threads on -devel.

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