I installed from debian-LennyBeta2-amd64-netinst.iso, which worked; I then upgraded to linux-image-2.6.25-2-amd64, which failed (it did not even try to run /init from initrd.img).
I then added large-memory to /etc/lilo.conf (at the global level), and now it works. (I did not try MODULES=dep.) Maybe there are two different problems? Or maybe large-memory only helps on certain systems? I've got a SuperMicro X7DCA-i motherboard with 2x Core 2 Quad and 8GB RAM. Some people have wanted to know file sizes. Here are the file sizes for the initial 2.6.24 kernel: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -lL /vmlinuz.old /initrd.img.old -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7760701 2008-07-25 22:01 /initrd.img.old -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1668248 2008-05-10 02:32 /vmlinuz.old And for the new kernel: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -lL /vmlinuz /initrd.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8031788 2008-07-26 08:56 /initrd.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1727456 2008-07-14 05:16 /vmlinuz Carl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]