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From: "John Z. Bohach" <jzb2@aexorsyst.com>
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Subject: large initramfs causes h/w reset after decompressing
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:37:20 -0700
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I have a large initramfs cpio file, about 890 MB, which expands to 2.7 
GB, and am running on linux-2.6.36.1, in 64-bit mode with 8 GB of 
physical RAM.

Upon loading the initramfs, I see the message "Decompressing..." for a 
few seconds, and then comes a reset.

This question has come up before...is there some sort of max size. that 
I am exceeding?  With 8 GB of physical memory and 64-bit arch. 
(AMD-II), certainly seems that there should be enough memory, no?

Thanks...