problem with initramfs-tools

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Fri, 2024-12-20 at 07:17 +1100, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
> The only requirement was that it is 32-bit.

I posted 2 commands, but you never returned the output.
Not all Intel/AMD processors have the same instruction sets, regardless
of whether it is a 32-bit or 64-bit architecture.

Your best bet is to find out which generation your 32-bit CPU is from
and then use distro watch's search, https://distrowatch.com/search.php .
Then check how long the listed distros support 32-bit and if they are
not using a freakish base, such as musl, unless you want to use this and
if they provide the software you need. Don't google, since it returns
all kind of misinformation, half-truths etc.

My comment to the frugal Tiny Core Linux:

GNU/Linux Compatibility:

"To make your Tiny Core system more fully GNU compatible, use appbrowser
and select coreutils.tcz and util-linux.tcz. This will replace the
busybox used in the base system to the full power of the GNU versions."
- http://tinycorelinux.net/faq.html#compatibility

This is super-freakish!

Unless you want to experiment with Linux for very special purposes, e.g.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_on_embedded_systems don't install a
distro with a freakish base.

The step from a major distribution like Debian to such freak
distributions is bigger than from Debian to FreeBSD, because a lot of
things work quite differently in such a freak distribution or FreeBSD,
than in Linux major distros, but FreeBSD at least offers a large
selection of software that freak distributions usually don't have.