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Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: rivel on August 22, 2009, 09:58:55 PM

Title: tinycore on libretto 50 ' initrd too large to handle, disabling initrd '
Post by: rivel on August 22, 2009, 09:58:55 PM

Hello everyone,
I am new to tinycore and i decided it was the perfect match for my Toshiba libretto 50ct. (Pentium 75Mhz, 16MB RAM)

I was able to install it successfully on another laptop, i then proceeded to remove the HDD (a 4GB CF in a converter) and put it into the Libretto 50ct.

It does not boot into the OS. It goes past grub and displays this error.
(this is a transcription so bear with me)

Quote

  Booting 'tinycore'

kernel /boot/bzImage quiet
    [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x2a00, size=0x1e43f0]
initrd /boot/tinycore.gz
    [Linux-initrd @ 0x766000, 0x8a9141 bytes]

initrd too large to handle, disabling initrd
PCI: Fatal: No config space access function found
IO APIC resources could not be allocated.
Kernel panic - not syncing; VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,1)

it then hangs, which seems due to the failure to load initrd
I have no clue why this could be happening.  ???
I feel like it has to do with the limited amount of RAM in the libretto 50ct. :-\
(even though i fall within the minimum requirements)
Any ideas would be helpful.
Thanks!

Title: Re: tinycore on libretto 50 ' initrd too large to handle, disabling initrd '
Post by: gerald_clark on August 22, 2009, 10:09:43 PM

You should really read the FAQs.
http://tinycorelinux.com/faq.html#req