diff --git a/data/sarge/sparc/silo.conf b/data/sarge/sparc/silo.conf
index 6e0954a6..9280ac2a 100644
--- a/data/sarge/sparc/silo.conf
+++ b/data/sarge/sparc/silo.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ partition=1
 timeout=600
 message=/boot/debian.txt
 default=linux
-append="cdrom devfs=mount rw"
+append="cdrom ramdisk_size=16384 devfs=mount rw"
 initrd=/boot/initrd.gz
 root=/dev/rd/0
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c8688330..8ef7cc96 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ debian-cd (2.2.20) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     - Add arcboot to the mips tasks/base-sarge list, like it is done for
       other bootloaders.
     - Add a default bootfile named sashARCS for mips, aliased to r4k-ip22.
+  * Joshua Kwan
+    - Add ramdisk_size=16384 to silo.conf. closes: #274958
 
- -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Mon, 30 Aug 2004 15:23:19 -0400
+ -- Joshua Kwan <joshk@triplehelix.org>  Tue,  5 Oct 2004 13:22:45 -0700
 
 debian-cd (2.2.19) unstable; urgency=medium