Scott Anderson wrote: > > I'm dual booting Mandrake 8.1 and Windows XP. When I installed > Mandrake, I let it write LILO to the MBR, and it worked great. I could > boot into either one without any problems. Then, I installed some > security patches using the software updater thing, and suddenly I can't > get into Linux anymore. I can get into Windows just fine, but when I > choose Mandrake, it says: "ebda too large" and just hangs. I searched > for this error message and found some people that had it saying that it > was because the kernel was too large. They didn't suggest any solution > though. It's funny that a security update could some how make my kernel > too large...anyway, somebody know what I should do to fix this? > Scott, did you choose to update your kernel via the Software Manager ? If you did, that's probably the reason. A little while ago there was a thread here on the list on this issue. In short, the conlusion was : never UPDATE the kernel. Download the new kernel and INSTALL it, then try it out, and - eventually - delete the old kernel. This, of course, raises the question : why is it possible to choose that option in Software Manager at all ? - I don't know, but maybe Software Manager is nothing more than a frontend to FTP+RPM combined. Try to search the archive.
Kaj Haulrich
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