Re: Updated Debian Ports installation images 2025-12-06

Hi Jonathan,

apologies for not getting back earlier in chat!

On Tue, 2026-01-06 at 20:28 +0000, [email protected] wrote:
> > I have built updated installation images for Debian Ports, these can be
> > downloaded from the usual location in the subfolder "2025-12-06=E2=80=
=9D:
>=20
> I tried this image on a SPARCengine Ultra AXi with 256 MiB of RAM and it =
failed
> to boot. I suspect it ran out of RAM unpacking the initrd.
>=20
> Is there any way to make the initrd smaller or do I just need to find mor=
e RAM?

The initrd has grown due to growing size of the kernel module directory and
debian-installer itself which is also part of the initrd image. In the past=
,
the installer had support for low-memory configurations but I think that is
no longer the case.

I can definitely look into options to create a low-memory installation imag=
e
like we had in the past, however that will take some time due to the many
other things on my TODO list.

As a workaround, you can install a minimal Debian system using qemu-system
and later just copy the installed system onto the disk of your target syste=
m.

Adrian

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