reassign rootskel stop [ adding debian-boot to cc ]
On Mon, 05 Oct 2009, Simon Richter wrote: > Package: initramfs-tools > Version: 0.93.4 > Severity: important > > Hi, > > some OpenFirmware implementations, such as the one in the PegasosII, > have a 12 MB size limit on kernel images, and no initrd loading > capability. The latter is worked around by merging the initrd into the > image with the "mkvmlinuz" tool, however the generated images are > unbootable if they exceed 12 MB. > > It would be good if mkinitramfs would fail on systems that have the > string "platform : CHRP" in /proc/cpuinfo if compressed kernel > and initramfs together are larger than 12 MB, to stop unpleasant > surprises when booting. > partman has some checks for partitions, aboves specialised wish sound nice for debian installer although there are not many powerpc guys. reassigning to rootskel who does install initramfs-tools. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100324013037.gn21...@stro.at
