On Friday 21 January 2011 16:50:37 Jamie Bennett wrote:
> > Could we do with an initrd instead of an image? I mean, busybox +
> > small set of tools is probably enough for validation, and will be quite
> > small.
> >
> > There is inherent bloat as soon as we add a package manager in the mix
>
> Right, current thoughts after some IRC discussion are:
>
> * busybox
> * no package manager
> * max size of 30mb (without kernel)
> * some further removal of packages
>
> I think with this in place you will get a ~30mb compress rootfs, we
> could even go further if necessary.
Sounds good, but that does not answer the question of whether it should
be an initrd, a file system image, or both.
I think having something available as an initrd image, or at least
an option for this, would be extremely valuable because it lets you
netboot the kernel+image without the need for NFS or for physically
installing the image on the target system.
Arnd
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