[syslinux] syslinux, append initrd Limitations

[H. Peter Anvin]

Daniel Rindt wrote:
> label linux
>   kernel vmlinuz
>   append initrd=initrd.img ramdisk_size=786432 ks=file:/ks.cfg \
> console=tty1 console=ttyS0,57600
> 
> my initrd is 535M big, and is comopressed with grzip -9. The initrd
> tried to load on startup but later after some points it stops loading
> and seems to hang.
> So my Question is - How big can be a initrd for syslinux?
> 

If this is on a 32-bit system, you're going to run out of lowmem trying 
to decompress that monster.  If it's on a 64-bit system, with a 64-bit 
kernel, you should be okay, although in general I would *strongly* 
recommend you switch from initrd to initramfs.

	-hpa