On 9/24/07, Tobias Powalowski <t.powa@gmx.de> wrote:
On 9/24/07, Tobias Powalowski <t.powa@gmx.de> wrote:
- Ram usage increased to 160MB
Wow, for an installer? This is getting a little hefty here, considering X isn't even loaded.
Perhaps we should look into this before it becomes a problem.
Tobias, I'm not sure where you keep archboot (it was on a different server), but could we move it to gerolde in /srv/projects?
If you don't have access, you could move the repo to your home dir and let me know, I will move it to /srv
Thanks, Aaron
_______________________________________________ arch-dev-public mailing list arch-dev-public@archlinux.org http://archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch-dev-public Hi Aaron the problem is that the initrd size increased due to the wlan drivers.
Am Montag, 24. September 2007 schrieb Aaron Griffin: the size will not increase dramatically, only new drivers will be added in next isos. Ram usage is calculated like this: kernelsize+initrdsize+decompressed initrdsize it can be tested with the mem= boot parameter.
I understand all this, but I think there are better ways to do this. All modules do not need to be loaded directly into ram or be in the initrd. I actually have a proof-of-concept on phraktured.net of this. This is why I'd like to get the archboot repo on gerolde, because I'm sure I could throw some tricks at it and make it use less RAM.
In my opinion a system with less than 256mb ram is not really recommended and usable in 2007.
That's true, but you're also thinking of a desktop/server machine. What if I wanted to install arch on my router? Even though it's probably a good guess that people have more than 160MB of RAM, that doesn't technically give us cause to be flippant about it - less RAM used means, most likely, faster too. Let me know when you get archboot up on gerolde 8)