some more fixes

3 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/TODOS b/TODOS
index 6ba9743..d21abeb 100644
--- a/TODOS
+++ b/TODOS
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-- no parallel download
 - get below 64MB memory
 - install.txt specific to Archlinux32, i486
   - mkfs -O^64bit
@@ -31,6 +30,15 @@
   - fsck, kmod, etc. 
   - https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Mkinitcpio/Minimal_initramfs (falconingy)
   - go back to busybox version (for instance mount)
+- qxl: [TTM] Out of kernel memory, we should simply blacklist most of modern
+  stuff (happens on qemu/libvirtd) => use VGA
+- with 64MB RAM: sudden freezes of shell and/or kernel
+- have a special i486 kernel:
+  - without zstd modules and ramdisk (zstd is just not behaving nicely on
+    low-memory systems)
+  - have default modules compiled in statically for vintage hardware
+    (at least disk, hdi and network)
+- mkinitcpio on 64MB never finishes (thrashing), using gzip works, xz and zstd not
 
 
 
diff --git a/mkarchiso486 b/mkarchiso486
index c455269..517fa5a 100755
--- a/mkarchiso486
+++ b/mkarchiso486
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ echo "Patch host pacman.conf for installation of i486 chroot.."
 cp /etc/pacman.conf "$BASE/pacman-i486.conf"
 sed -i 's/^Architecture.*=.*/Architecture = i486/' "$BASE/pacman-i486.conf"
 sed -i "s|/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist|$BASE/mirrorlist32|" "$BASE/pacman-i486.conf"
+sed -i 's|.*ParallelDownloads.*|ParallelDownloads = 1|' "$BASE/pacman-i486.conf"
 
 pacstrap -C "$BASE/pacman-i486.conf" -G -M "$ROOTFS" base linux
 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ rm -rf "$ROOTFS/var/cache/pacman/pkg/"*
 echo "Patching pacman.conf and mirrorlist on the ISO.."
 sed -i 's/^Architecture.*=.*/Architecture = i486/' "$ROOTFS/etc/pacman.conf"
 sed -i 's/^#\(Server.*=.*https:\/\/.*mirror\.archlinux32.org.*\)/\1/' "$ROOTFS/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"
+sed -i 's|.*ParallelDownloads.*|ParallelDownloads = 1|' "$ROOTFS/etc/pacman.conf"
 
 mount --bind "$ROOTFS" "$ROOTMNT"
 
diff --git a/motd b/motd
index b5539c3..0aedb1a 100644
--- a/motd
+++ b/motd
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ Create und mount a swap partition and mount a /tmp to
 /mnt/tmp as bind mountpoint as very first action before
 trying to install something with pacstrap/pacman..
 
-With less than 196MB RAM pacman/gpg fail to verify
+With less than 196MB RAM pacman/gpg fails to verify
 signatures, create a local /mnt/pacman.conf where you
-set 'SigLevel=Never' and specify '-C /mnt/pacstrap.conf'.
+set 'SigLevel=Never' and specify '-C /mnt/pacman.conf'.
 
 With less than 96MB RAM mkinitio on tmpfs fails with
 out of disk space, use 'TMPDIR=/mytmp mkinitcpio -P'
-inside the chroot to create it.
+inside the chroot to create it. With 64MB RAM use
+'gzip' and not 'xz' or 'zstd' as COMPRESSION method.
 
 Consider disabling tmpfs for /tmp on the installed
 system too 'systemctl mask tmp.mount'.