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Gregory Nowak <greg@gregn.net> writes:

> I wasn't sure if there is such a thing as a too
> big initrd.

As far as I know, the only limit is the size of your RAM.  If there's a
limit, I haven't reached it, and I'm pretty sure I've seen 40 megabyte
initramfs images. Anyway, espeak is pretty small.

> Could you please consider doing a brief
> write-up on the procedure you used?

Sure.  I haven't done this exercise in a while, so I'll do it once more,
whilst taking notes.

-- Chris