On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 11:00:00PM +0200, Eugen Dedu wrote: > reopen 479607 > thanks > > annonygmouse wrote: >> >> Hi folks I've seen bug 479607 has been closed with lilo version 22.8-5 >> but I still can't boot my machine with 2.6.25-2... >> >> >> debianmbp:~# LANG=C aptitude show lilo >> Package: lilo >> State: installed >> Automatically installed: no >> Version: 1:22.8-5 >> Priority: optional >> Section: admin >> Maintainer: William Pitcock <neno...@sacredspiral.co.uk> >> Uncompressed Size: 1208k >> Depends: mbr, debconf (>= 1.2.9) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.7-1), >> libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.20) >> Suggests: lilo-doc >> Conflicts: manpages (< 1.29-3) >> Description: LInux LOader - The Classic OS loader can load Linux and others >> This package contains lilo (the installer) and boot-record-images to >> install Linux, OS/2, DOS and generic Boot Sectors of other OSes. >> >> You can use LILO to manage your Master Boot Record (with a simple text >> screen, text menu or colorful splash graphics) or call LILO from >> other Boot-Loaders to jump-start the Linux kernel. >> >> Tags: admin::boot, interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility >> >> debianmbp:~# >> >> Running lilo shows the following. >> >> debianmbp:~# lilo >> Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed >> Added Linux * >> Added LinuxOLD >> One warning was issued. >> debianmbp:~# >> >> >> Is this the warning saying that de 8MB barrier has been met? Because I >> think this warning happened before... > > Hi, > > It seems to me that lilo does not show any warning for the image which > does not work on my machine. In fact, as previously said, the image has > less than 8MB: > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6998498 2008-05-16 10:11 initrd.img-2.6.25-2-amd64 > > I put a few days ago this image as the default one and run lilo: no > warning was issued about the size, still rebooting the computer does not > work. > > So I reopen this bug.
Lilo was fixed in version 1:22.8-6.4 onwards. Can you confirm that it resolves the problem for you? Cheers, Moritz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org