[arch-releng] Latest ArchISO breaks 512MB RAM barrier

[Alexander Epaneshnikov]

01.05.2020 22:44, Sven-Hendrik Haase пишет:
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> On Fri, 1 May 2020 at 20:14, Alexander Epaneshnikov via arch-releng
> <arch-releng at archlinux.org <mailto:arch-releng at archlinux.org>> wrote:
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>     01.05.2020 21:02, Sven-Hendrik Haase via arch-releng пишет:
>     > On Fri, 1 May 2020 at 19:49, Óscar García Amor via arch-releng <
>     > arch-releng at archlinux.org <mailto:arch-releng at archlinux.org>> wrote:
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>     >> Hello all,
>     >>
>     >> Simply I wanted to tell you that the latest ArchISO image needs
>     more
>     >> than 512MB of RAM to boot. If you try to boot it in a machine
>     (you can
>     >> test with VirtualBox) with 512MB of ram you give a "Initramfs
>     >> unpacking failed: write error" after Probing EDD line. Next in
>     >> "Mounting '/dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_202005' to
>     '/run/archiso/bootmnt'
>     >> cannot mount and fallbacks to interactive prompt.
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>     >> I don't know if this is intentional or not. But I think that if the
>     >> new ISOs need more than 512 MB or RAM to boot, maybe it is a
>     good idea
>     >> to publish a notice in Arch Linux web page.
>     >>
>     >> Greetings.
>     >> --
>     >> Óscar García Amor | ogarcia at moire.org <http://moire.org> |
>     http://ogarcia.me
>     >
>     > Welp, Arch is now officially bloated. :(
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>     the situation will get worse when accessibility patches will be
>     included.
>     sorry about that. ☺
>     -- 
>     Sincerely, Alexander.
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> Accessibility is great. Sadly we are all pretty clueless about it and
> this is why adding that stuff takes so long. Accessibility isn't bloat. :)

your words are music for my ears.
as for time. I understand.
ArchLinux has become my home. and I want this to happen for a larger number of blind people.
-- 
Sincerely, Alexander.