Subject: Re: one stop towards install CDs
To: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: tech-install
Date: 02/16/2006 14:22:16
On Feb 16, 2006, at 1:48 PM, David Laight wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 10:03:46AM -0800, Jason Thorpe wrote:
>>
>> Until you start pushing the envelope of the ramdisk size again.
>
> The ramdisk itself is actually quite large - it compresses reasonably
> well, so the unused space costs almost nothing.
>
> I suspect we hit a limit when the uncompressed image hits 14 or
> 15MB though.
Right, well, one issue is the amount of wired KVA that the ramdisk
takes up.
-- thorpej