On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Russell Cattelan wrote:
> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 23:55:04 -0600
> From: Russell Cattelan <cattelan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Russel Ingram <ringram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Root XFS partition
>
> Eric Sandeen wrote:
>
> > I haven't looked at this in depth yet, but I noticed:
> >
> > > Once that is done just add the initrd line in lilo.conf AND
> > > append = "ramdisk_size=25000"
> > > The default size is 4096 which isn't nearly large enough to hold xfs.
> >
> > The -g3 flag has been removed from the makefile, and the XFS module is
> > now quite a bit smaller...
> >
> > I think Russell has a better idea of how big the ramdisk now needs to
> > be, from our work with the RH installer - Russell?
>
> 2500 should suffice now, depending upon how many additional scsi
> modules are needed.
>
> >
> >
> > -Eric
That was a direct quote from an email message so it will stay the same
(unless making it that large is going to cause problems -- then I will
make an addendum to the quote or something). I will change it if/when I
get a chance to try it for myself.
Thanx for the info, tho.
Russ
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