[syslinux] ramdisk_size=9216 - but why?

[W. E. W. Russell]

Thanks for the information!

But is there a way to know how much a particular installer takes?

On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Geert Stappers <stappers at stappers.nl>wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 11:30:53AM -0400, W. E. W. Russell wrote:
> > I'm just trying to document and optimize my setup which I moved from a
> > RHEL5 server. I noticed that I have "ramdisk_size=9216", but after a
> > fruitless search online, I still don't understand why we chose 9MB - it
> > seems so random. Many others have used this as well from my research, but
> > no one ever states WHY.
> >
> > My questions are pretty simple:
> >
> > 1. Why would someone choose SPECIFICALLY ramdisk_size=9216 versus the
> > default of 4096?
> >
> > 2. Is this something that I would need for the RHEL6 installs? Or is
> this a
> > legacy thing for the RHEL5 installs?
> >
> > PS. I'm not having a particular issue, but trying to gain a better
> > understanding for optimization. Maybe the number I should use should be
> > bigger or smaller, but I'm hoping the members of this list can help me
> > decide.
>
>
> The Ram disk of an "installer" contains much more programs
> then a regular ramdisk.
>
>
> Cheers
> Geert Stappers
>
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