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  • From: "David Moberg" <davidjmoberg AT lycos.com>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] running Basic Linux from a USB data stick or from a CD-ROM
  • Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 23:13:38 -0500

----- Original Message -----
From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org

> David Moberg wrote:
> >
> > The ramdisk_size kernel parameter allows you to adjust the size at boot
> > time.
>
> The maximum ramdisk size is hardwired into the
> kernel when it's compiled. AFAIK there's nothing
> you can do at boot time to get a bigger ramdisk.
> BasicLinux kernels have a maximum ramdisk size
> of 4mb.

I just booted a 15mb ramdisk image with the Slackware 7.1 bare.i image
today. Without the ramdisk_size option it did not boot. I set
ramdisk_size=16384 and it worked. I will try this with the BL3
kernel and see if it still works.
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