Bug#585856: Doesn't boot with large initramfs

2010-06-22 Thread Stephen Powell
Guido, Bug number 505609 has been closed by the kernel team. However, the kernel team is only going to fix the problem for Lenny. To fix the problem in Squeeze and later releases will require that a hook script of some kind be added to the lilo package. The problem is that lilo didn't get run d

Bug#585856: Doesn't boot with large initramfs

2010-06-16 Thread Stephen Powell
Oops! I didn't notice your secondary update until after I had replied. In your secondary update you state that the large-memory option is present in your /etc/lilo.conf file. This is further evidence that this is a duplicate of bug number 505609. lilo did *not* get run after the kernel update an

Bug#585856: Doesn't boot with large initramfs

2010-06-15 Thread Stephen Powell
Guido, I suspect that this bug is a duplicate of bug number 505609. The bottom line is that due to a bug in the kernel maintainer scripts, lilo does not get re-run after a kernel upgrade. Re-try your original scenario after manually running lilo. If necessary, add the large-memory option to /etc/l

Bug#585856: Doesn't boot with large initramfs

2010-06-14 Thread Guido Günther
I should add that lilo.conf has "large-memory" set. I've attached the lilo.conf for reference. Cheers, -- Guido # Automatically added by lilo postinst script large-memory # /etc/lilo.conf - See: `lilo(8)' and `lilo.conf(5)', # --- `install-mbr(8)', `/usr/share/doc/lilo/', #

Bug#585856: Doesn't boot with large initramfs

2010-06-14 Thread Guido Günther
Package: lilo Version: 1:22.8-8.1 Severity: critical Hi, after a recent upgrade of kernel image 2.6.32-5-686 on a mac mini it refuses to boot. The messages on the conole are: LILO 22.8 Loading Linux Initial ramdisk loads below 4Mb; kernel overwrite is possible. . BIOS data check succ