RE: RE: yum compatibility backward with rpm

Just in case anybody cares, a minimal FC6 using Jesse's list and just
about today's updated rpms results in a initrd that is 383MB in size
(before gzip) which boots just fine into a 512MB ramdisk.

When I get done stripping it down manually, I have a 138 MB image that
still includes all 48 MB of kernel modules.  Based on past history given
I only have to support some pretty basic hardware, I'm guessing I can
get that minimal-list-of-rpms system to 110 MB or so before gzipping the
initrd without too much pain.

Pretty cool, no need to go busybox or really embedded for a
ramdisk-based router/firewall box.  Just throw 128MB ramdisk at the
problem for a few bucks...

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-----Original Message-----
From: Skahan, Vince 
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 8:52 PM
To: Yellowdog Updater, Modified; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Yum] RE: yum compatibility backward with rpm


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My current FC4 (not bare minimum, about 150 rpms) is ballpark 150MB
footprint.  So far I have FC6 at about 210 MB on disk hand-stripped ala
above, but I have lots of rpms to go.  I'll take Jesse's rpm list, build
something with the FC6 versions, and then hand-strip it down just to see
how small it can gets before+after for comparison.