#initramdisk

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@mstdn.social
2023-12-05

@lupo the problem is that i already compress the hell out of stuff:
I literally chose #xz over #gzip and #lzma for both #kernel ans #initramdisk to get both as small as possible...

OFC I'll gladly accept any help in that way...
github.com/OS-1337/OS1337

And yes, the similarity to #tomsrtbt and #Floppinux is not an accident but desired:
github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/blob

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@mstdn.social
2023-12-05

I really did underestimate #xz as compression for a #cpio #initramdisk:

I was able to just shove the pre-made, full & uncut #toybox binary from @landley and still have some breathing room.

Tho I expect this to change once I put a #linux #kernel in that has actual #networking capabilities...

This will be interesting for OS/1337.

landley.net/toybox/bin/
landley.net/toybox/help.html

#OS1337 #LinuxDevelopment #EmbeddedLinux #Development

ls output showing rootfs.cpio.xz being just under 511kB small.the complete toybox binary outputting the commands it has implemented

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