Limit initramfs size to fix booting with limited memory size

Fixes QubesOS/qubes-issues#8540
QubesOS · Sep 21, 2023 · 66f2a4f · 66f2a4f
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diff --git a/boot/dracut-qubes.conf b/boot/dracut-qubes.conf
@@ -2,3 +2,9 @@
 # technically it is different system. Especially it has different devices
 # mounted (own /rw, own swap etc), so prevent hardcoding UUIDs here.
 hostonly="no"
+
+# Limit size of modules included, RAM during boot is at premium
+drivers="xen-blkfront dm-mod dm-thin-pool dm-persistent-data ext4 overlay"
+# It pulls in a bunch of network drivers, and the whole network-manager.
+# There is no need for networking in VM's initramfs.
+omit_dracutmodules+=" ifcfg "