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authorGuillaume Cottenceau <gc@mandriva.com>2001-07-30 13:28:18 +0000
committerGuillaume Cottenceau <gc@mandriva.com>2001-07-30 13:28:18 +0000
commit7aab173af2151843199dc229641f643538c8c161 (patch)
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have a memory limit also for Rescue (different one)
Diffstat (limited to 'mdk-stage1')
-rw-r--r--mdk-stage1/config-stage1.h3
-rw-r--r--mdk-stage1/stage1.c7
-rw-r--r--mdk-stage1/tools.c4
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mdk-stage1/config-stage1.h b/mdk-stage1/config-stage1.h
index 9ade3816d..3af38a446 100644
--- a/mdk-stage1/config-stage1.h
+++ b/mdk-stage1/config-stage1.h
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
/* If we have more than that amount of memory (in Mbytes), we assume we can load the second stage as a ramdisk */
#define MEM_LIMIT_RAMDISK 52
+/* If we have more than that amount of memory (in Mbytes), we assume we can load the rescue as a ramdisk */
+#define MEM_LIMIT_RESCUE 40
+
#define DISTRIB_NAME "Mandrake Linux"
#define RAMDISK_COMPRESSION_RATIO 1.95
diff --git a/mdk-stage1/stage1.c b/mdk-stage1/stage1.c
index e06bf99a1..df297ead8 100644
--- a/mdk-stage1/stage1.c
+++ b/mdk-stage1/stage1.c
@@ -388,6 +388,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **env)
stg1_info_message("You are starting the installation with an alternate booting method. "
"Please change your disk, and insert the Installation disk.");
+ if (IS_RESCUE && total_memory() < MEM_LIMIT_RESCUE) {
+ stg1_error_message("You are starting the rescue with a low memory configuration. "
+ "From that point, experience showed us that the program may stop "
+ "or crash at any point without immediate proper reason. Continue at "
+ "your own risk. Alternatively, you may reboot your system now.");
+ }
+
ret = method_select_and_prepare();
finish_frontend();
diff --git a/mdk-stage1/tools.c b/mdk-stage1/tools.c
index a60c53404..49a70a494 100644
--- a/mdk-stage1/tools.c
+++ b/mdk-stage1/tools.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ int total_memory(void)
int ramdisk_possible(void)
{
- if (total_memory() > MEM_LIMIT_RAMDISK)
+ if (total_memory() > (IS_RESCUE ? MEM_LIMIT_RESCUE : MEM_LIMIT_RAMDISK))
return 1;
else {
log_message("warning, ramdisk is not possible due to low mem!");
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ enum return_type load_ramdisk_fd(int ramdisk_fd, int size)
BZFILE * st2;
char * ramdisk = "/dev/ram3"; /* warning, verify that this file exists in the initrd, and that root=/dev/ram3 is actually passed to the kernel at boot time */
int ram_fd;
- char buffer[4096];
+ char buffer[32768];
int z_errnum;
char * wait_msg = "Loading program into memory...";
int bytes_read = 0;