reassign 549681 base-installer severity 549681 normal tag 549681 help user debian-b...@lists.debian.org usertag 549681 powerpc thanks
On Wednesday 24 March 2010, maximilian attems wrote: > > 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. Deciding on the MODULES= setting is done by base-installer. If somebody from the Debian PowerPC community can provide a tested patch for this we'll be happy to apply it. If help is needed developing the patch, feel free to ask on the debian-boot list. Cheers, FJP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
