[syslinux] Size limit for initrd in PXELINUX?

Duetsch Thomas thomas.duetsch at siemens.com
Mon Oct 21 07:02:20 PDT 2002


Hi Peter,

(at least I hope it is you, who gets this mail)
I have a problem while booting over the netwoork using PXELINUX.
When I use a initrd smaller or equal 16 MB, everything works fine, but when
I increase the size, the system doesn't boot. In case of a 32 MB initrd
(same content, just bigger), I get the error-message, that the system
couldn't mount root. From 64 MB on, the system just reboots during the
download of the initrd. The kernel is compiled to support RAM-disks of this
size.
So I was wondering, if there is a size limit for the initrd or if I'm doing
something wrong.
In case of the later, I would appreciate any suggestions or hints.
Thanks in advance,

regards

_tom

...........................................................
Mit freundlichem Gruß / kind regards
Thomas Dütsch
Siemens AG
E-mail: thomas.duetsch at siemens.com







More information about the Syslinux mailing list